“WE NEED A CHANGE”
“Dear President Obama . . . Guns are really easy to get and people think they need them to protect themselves, but most times they’re [...]
Read More“INVISIBLE CHILDREN”
“I would say that, well, obviously my high school didn't prepare me for college.” --Darryl Briggs, youth leader and college student The third of [...]
Read More“TEDDY BEARS, TOY GUNS, AND REAL GUNS”
Imagine your kindergartner is visiting a new friend’s house. During the hour they are running around together they’ll pick up and play with all three [...]
Read More“WE MUST DO BETTER: LOOK AT THE FACTS”
Nearly 2,000 people attended Molly Conley’s funeral last month to mourn the young humanitarian who was the victim of a random drive-by shooting the day [...]
Read More“READY FOR SCHOOL?”
Is your child ready to start school? For parents and children trying hard to enjoy at least a few weeks more of downtime before beginning [...]
Read More“JUSTICE DENIED”
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, is as important as the killing of White mothers’ sons, we who believe in freedom cannot [...]
Read More“IT JUST TAKES EVERYTHING WE’RE NOT DOING NOW”
“You don't have to be a Black male educator to teach Black students. You just have to love Black male children and believe that they [...]
Read More“THAT GUN CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER”
“My heart was shattered while I was working at 60 Minutes when my only sister was shot and killed by her husband. There was a [...]
Read More“A QUIET AMERICAN EPIDEMIC”
Thirteen-year-old Michael Graham, an eighth grader at Henry H. Wells Middle School in Brewster, New York, was popular with his classmates and played football, basketball, [...]
Read More“WE CAN DO BETTER”
Guns killed more preschoolers in one year than they did law-enforcement officers in the line of duty. Ask yourself if this is really what we [...]
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