Sentences with phrase «by gun violence»

We both come from communities that have been directly impacted by gun violence.

After all of this pain and all of this death caused by gun violence, it seems as if the kids are the only ones who still have the energy to make change.

Unfortunately, too many American mothers see their dreams for their children shattered by gun violence.

«So many young people have their lives taken by gun violence,» he said.

So, to be fair to all those, and there are many, who die and suffer by gun violence... this cartoon's for you.

We both come from communities that have been directly impacted by gun violence.

These are all stories of unnecessary trauma and pain caused by gun violence.

When dozens of students and teachers walked out of Excel Academy on Wednesday morning, it was in honor of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month, but also the seven Excel students killed by gun violence in Baltimore since last year.

People like you care more about 4 people dying in Benghazi than you do about the dozens of people killed by gun violence in the US.

Demonstrators set up more than 3,300 grave markers to symbolize the people killed by gun violence since the Newtown shooting.

A disability rights groups in Texas wants to make sure people who've been disabled by gun violence in Texas get a chance to talk to lawmakers.

«Other communities that have been devastated by gun violence are still fighting for crumbs.»

In Chicago communities ravaged by gun violence, students, anti-violence advocates and activists in the Black Lives Matter Chicago movement say they are energized and inspired by the way Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has been a leader in the student movement, has specifically mentioned cities like Chicago in her vocal pleas for gun reform.

Working with visual emblems of civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas will present 13,471 (2016) and 15,589 (2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number lives lost by gun violence in recent years.

A generation of students shaped by gun violence and mass shootings marched out of more than 3,100 schools in a national walkout Wednesday, exactly one month after the deadly Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting in Parkland.

«Florida's safest city» and one of the cities in America most affected by gun violence came together to share stories, ideologies, and pizza.

The march was also a recognition of all those who weren't there: the people who have been slain by gun violence.

Because only a moron would think that having a gun protects anyone when faced with the fact that it statistically doubles your risk of dying by gun violence in your lifetime.

Rachel has been personally touched by gun violence.

Cerberus needs to honor its promise to the victims of Sandy Hook and to all Americans whose lives have been turned upside down by gun violence by ending its investment in this destructive industry.»

«And now, I have an F - rating from the NRA — and I don't understand how, after meeting grieving families whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence — any public servant, any elected official, wouldn't vow to take every sensible step you can to ensure that someone else's child isn't next,» Gillibrand said.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared at the city's main library Tuesday to announce the State Police will increase patrols in inner city neighborhoods most plagued by gun violence.

«Our presence is a clear indication of our collective — and continuing — commitment to combat the threat posed by gun violence in our society.

April 20, 2018 • Advocates in Texas wants to help people who've been disabled by gun violence talk to lawmakers.

It's also true that while your students have not experienced a mass shooting at their school, they may be suffering from the weight of collective trauma, constantly aware that they and their families are threatened by gun violence.

As the Parkland students attract national attention, a White House visit and letters of support for their demands for gun reform, McDade and other Chicago teens whose lives have been affected by gun violence say they aren't envious that they haven't experienced a similar spotlight.

However, the story these artists tell is of a very different society, one beset by gun violence, racial and sexual oppression, economic inequality, drug abuse and the ravages of Aids.

How the mythology of the western was forged — not just by cowboys and Indians but also by gun violence, gender roles and race relations — is examined in this exhibition featuring 160 works, from paintings by Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington and Ed Ruscha to films by John Ford.

«It is more than obvious that political and religious leaders have failed to take any serious action to prevent the rampant carnage caused by gun violence across the nation,» wrote Rabbi Silver, who is also founder of the Interfaith Justice League and the People's March For Justice organizations, in a news release.

Wade was personally affected by gun violence when his cousin, Nykea Aldridge was killed in the streets of Chicago just a week after he moved back to the city to play with the Chicago Bulls.

The massive protest will also include a series of performances and speeches by students from Stoneman Douglas and kids who have always been victimized by gun violence in inner cities.

It's beyond devastating that it's too late to save the thousands of students» lives shattered by gun violence.

New York State can not stand by as our communities continue to be devastated by gun violence.

A grant from CREDO members would have a significant impact on the three main areas that the Brady Center focuses on: reducing the flow of crime guns into communities most heavily impacted by gun violence, expanding and protecting the Brady Background Check system and changing the cultural perception that owning or carrying a gun makes you safer.

EXHIBITION: We All We Got by Carlos Javier Ortiz, Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, January 24 — March 22, 2015 Tracing the families and children most deeply affected by gun violence, Carlos Javier Ortiz made frequent visits the Bronx, Philadelphia, and Chicago over a period of eight years.

Recognizing the toll taken by gun violence, President Barack Obama teared up on Tuesday while announcing a slate of executive actions on gun control.

Surrounded by more than 3,300 grave markers that symbolized the number of people killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 27 religious leaders stood together to ask Congress to pass gun control legislation.

In Chicago communities ravaged by gun violence, students, anti-violence advocates and activists in the Black Lives Matter Chicago movement say they are energized and inspired by the way Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has been a leader in the student movement, has specifically mentioned cities like Chicago in her vocal pleas for gun reform.

Working with visual emblems of civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas presents 15,093 and 15,580 (both 2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number lives lost by gun violence in recent years.

A generation of students shaped by gun violence and mass shootings are marching out of more than 3,100 schools in a planned national walkout this morning, exactly one month after the deadly Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting in Parkland.

That would be about 32,000 deaths by gun violence.

A disability rights groups in Texas wants to make sure people who've been disabled by gun violence in Texas get a chance to talk to lawmakers.

The financial services superintendent, Maria Vullo, told banks and insurers in separate letters that «prompt actions» may be needed to manage reputational risks and promote public safety, at a time society «is no longer willing to stand by and wait and witness more tragedies caused by gun violence.»

It's most baffling that as a state representative, Mr. Carter voted against reasonable gun control legislation just months after Newtown, part of which he represents, was shattered by gun violence in 2012.

In addition to pairing with her sister Venus in November 2016 to open a community center in their hometown of Compton, California to supports resident affected by gun violence, Williams has recently been named an ambassador for the Allstate Foundation's Purple Purse initiative.