Volunteer Stories

Tennessee students deserve safe schools. Our lawmakers must act on gun violence.

Many young Tennesseans will head back to school in the coming weeks, and we must continue to demand our lawmakers take action on gun safety.

Four Years Later: El Pasoans Share Love For Their City

Behind the Scenes at Illinois’ 2023 Advocacy Day

We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Proud

Turning Sympathy into Change: Youth Advocacy for Gun Violence Prevention in Indianapolis

Here We Are: How Students Show Up to Prevent Gun Violence

How We Won in Colorado: A Decade of Rewriting the Narrative

This Mother’s Day: Move with Action

How We Moved Mountains in Michigan

Lawmakers: Listen to Young Trans People

Jakoby Mitchell: Turning Our Pain Into Purpose

Kathy Elaine McKnight: We Aren’t Taking No For an Answer

Jenevia Blanks: All You Have To Do Is Show Up

Donnitta Marie Sinclair: Growing, Rebuilding, Restoring, and Healing Our Community

Dr. Lorenzo Neal: How We’re Bringing Actualized Change

The Gun Industry Can’t Ignore Students Demand Action

Secure storage is important for gun violence prevention and school safety. Here’s how I’ve advocated for it in my community.

Students Demand Action volunteer Madeleine Ahmadi is a prominent advocate for secure storage in her community of Essex Junction, Vermont.

Why First-Time Voters and Youth Gun Safety Advocates Are Mobilizing Ahead of the Midterms to Secure a Safer Future

Students Demand Action volunteers and first time-voters, Insherah Qazi and Kayleigh Wolfe, on the importance of the youth vote in electing gun sense leaders.

Latinx Heritage Month is a time to empower young voices

Claire Hein Blanton: Governor Abbott has continued to fail Texans. He has continued to fail our children.

Self care helps you get in touch with yourself after challenging times

Empoderar las voces latinas ayudará al movimiento de prevención de la violencia con armas de fuego

Empowering Latinx voices will help the gun violence prevention movement

Our volunteers stopped dozens of bad gun bills in 2022 so far 

In 2022 alone, we've prevented dozens of gun lobby laws. Here are a few of the states where we stopped all bad gun bills from passing.