Sentences with phrase «from gun violence in their communities»

«After I got appointed, I went down to Brooklyn to meet with families who had suffered from gun violence in their communities,» Gillibrand said during an interview on CBS» 60 Minutes on Sunday night.

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Eighteen student survivors from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and founders of the #NeverAgain movement have sent a letter to the business community asking for support for the March for Our Lives and their efforts to put an end to gun violence in the U.S.

We're teaming up with @NAACP and these celebrities to send 17 buses of young people from communities impacted by gun violence around the country to the #MarchForOurLives in Washington D.C. tomorrow: https://t.co/7vbOJmqQkN @AMarch4OurLives pic.twitter.com/BJ 4uzPGlBs

«Those who face gun violence on a level that we have only just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have in these few weeks alone,» González tweeted.

On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

(2/4) Those who face gun violence on a level that we have only just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have in these few weeks alone.

«In the days and weeks following the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, members of our community from all backgrounds have come together to support common - sense policies that will keep our families safe from gun violence,» Lunsford saiIn the days and weeks following the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, members of our community from all backgrounds have come together to support common - sense policies that will keep our families safe from gun violence,» Lunsford saiin Parkland, Florida, members of our community from all backgrounds have come together to support common - sense policies that will keep our families safe from gun violence,» Lunsford said.

Liddle: - The overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, robbery and crimes of sexual violence in London is carried out by young men from the African - Caribbean community.

(New York, NY)-- In response to brave gun violence prevention activism by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and from communities across the country, New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Chair of American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, released the following stviolence prevention activism by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and from communities across the country, New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Chair of American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, released the following stViolence Prevention, released the following statement:

In a statement local Assemblyman Michael Blake said, «We are reminded that we need greater community and police relations, to get rid of these guns from our communities, provide economic opportunities so Bronxites don't go down the wrong path and ensure that violence is reduced while trust is gained.

As members of the Queens community it is imperative that we join together our voices and be heard as one to denounce the unacceptable level of gun violence and each of us to do our part in any way possible to take back the streets from those who perpetrate such violence.

«When you drill down to specific policies, you see that Americans are very much in support of common - sense regulations to keep their families and communities safe from gun violence.»

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«It is important for us to show youth and adults that they are not helpless in protecting their community from gun violence — these acts are preventable when you show the signs.

As the teens gathered Sunday at North Community Park in Parkland, not far from the school where 14 classmates and three educators were killed Wednesday, the picnic tables under the gazebo became their makeshift headquarters to continue their campaign against gun violence.

Away from the media spotlight, gun violence still plagues our streets in too many communities.

We are devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.

We all deserve to live in communities free from the fear and threat of gun violence.