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All posts tagged "targeting gun violence project"
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559OpinionNew York Successfully Preventing Gun Violence By Working With Youth, Their Community
Neighborhood conditions like exposure to violence are unacceptable, and undoubtedly create numerous negative outcomes. However, there are additional factors that consistently show...
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739NewsAlabama Mayor Says Peace is Everyone’s Responsibility
Mayor Randall Woodfin says Birmingham is ready for peace. With a call for communitywide investment, the mayor says it’s time for solutions...
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968NewsBirmingham Mayor, Grassroots Organizers Believe They Have Gun Violence Solutions
When Randall Woodfin received the call that his older brother, Ralph Jr., had been shot, he rushed to the scene in the...
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1.1KOpinionGun Control Movement Experiencing Growing Pains
With the advent of March For Our Lives and the success of pro-gun control candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, today’s gun...
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1.4KNewsYouth Caught in Crosshairs of Cycles of Gun Violence. Is Anybody Listening?
Cassio Batteast, a community advocate in Jackson, recently sat down with 20 of the students in the local school district who were...
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1.1KNewsEx-juvenile Offender Finds Key to Stem Youth Crime: Give Kids Hope
Tommie Mabry was 12 when a bullet grazed him while he was burglarizing a home he thought was empty. It could have...
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1.0KOpinionWe Students Will Keep Advocating for Background Checks for Gun Sales
In this past year as a student activist for gun safety, I’ve learned that America’s gun problem is a multifaceted issue. Gun...
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765OpinionForget Disarming ‘Bad Guys,’ We Must Make All Guns Harder To Get
Six days. That’s how long it took lawmakers in New Zealand to ban military-style assault weapons following an attack in Christchurch that...
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803NewsMany Guns, Few Mental Health Services Drive High Rural Death Rate, Experts Say
Paul Reviere is sheriff of Lincoln County, a rural area with just under 8,000 people two hours east of Atlanta. In addition...
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768OpinionResearch Into Police Probes Is Crucial, Ignored Part of Gun Violence Prevention
I began my research program on gun violence prevention in the early 1970s, when my children were just starting school. Now I...
