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Why These Black Students Are Taking Action on Gun Violence Prevention

A group of people sit around a rectangular table at the 2023 Young Black Changemakers Summit. One participant is in focus; she is photographed from behind, and is wearing a sweatshirt that reads

In Fall 2023, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) including Morgan State University and Bowie State University in Maryland, Jackson State University in Mississippi, and Prairie View A&M University in Texas experienced shootings on campus during homecoming week. These shootings turned a time intended to promote campus unity and school… Continue

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Did you know?

Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 11.8.2024