Sentences with phrase «on gun violence in schools»

«Students across the country are leading the national conversation on gun violence in our schools,» Maloney said, adding «their voices should be heard.»

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Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Local high school students are planning several walkouts to demand that Congress cracks down on gun violence in America, according to Cleveland 19 News, with similar demonstrations ongoing in Columbus, Ohio, as well.

But this year's speech comes as the issue of gun violence takes on new urgency after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

The measure comes more than a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17, and on the eve of the gun violence — focused March for Our Lives.

On March 14, students at Lewis Middle School in Allied Gardens joined hundreds of thousands of other students from across the country in a walkout to protest gun violence in schools following the death of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier.

In the House, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced a vote on the STOP School Violence Act, a bill that doesn't address guns but provides an annual $ 50 million grant to schools for training programs and revamped reporting systems.

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 GonzáleOn 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 Gonzáleon their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

Students of West Boca High School staged a walkout Feb. 20, 2018, and left campus to march to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in the hopes of sending a message on gun violence.

Even though the incident did not occur on school property, the shooting confirms some of the fears about what could go wrong if teachers were to carry guns in school — that the mere presence of more firearms would increase the risk of gun violence.

As the community mourns, lawmakers in Florida are responding with mixed ideas on what to do to address the recurring issue of gun violence in the state and the national trend of terrorists continually targeting schools.

Washington (CNN)- On the first Sunday after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the Rev. Gary Hall of the Washington National Cathedral called on religious communities to take a stance against gun violencOn the first Sunday after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the Rev. Gary Hall of the Washington National Cathedral called on religious communities to take a stance against gun violencon religious communities to take a stance against gun violence.

After the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than 4,000 pastors signed on to a letter initiated by 12 clergy in Newtown calling for commonsense solutions to reduce gun violence.

«As our nation collectively mourned the unthinkable act that occurred on December 14th, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School signified a long - overdue wake - up call for our country to finally address the reality of gun violence in our society.

In the wake of a high school shooting in Texas on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an «open letter» to President Trump and members of Congress, writing in all - capital letters to «DO SOMETHING» about gun violencIn the wake of a high school shooting in Texas on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an «open letter» to President Trump and members of Congress, writing in all - capital letters to «DO SOMETHING» about gun violencin Texas on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an «open letter» to President Trump and members of Congress, writing in all - capital letters to «DO SOMETHING» about gun violencin all - capital letters to «DO SOMETHING» about gun violence.

Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal introduced a bill that would outlaw all high school shooting sports programs in the state — including air rifle teams and archery clubs — on the premise that they feed into a gun and shooting culture that could lead to violence.

Fed - up New Yorkers who can't join the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, D.C., next week can head to the Upper West Side on March 24, where anti-gun violence groups are inviting anyone who wants to support the Parkland, Fla., school shooting survivors to gather.

I am fighting for true equality for all; for equal pay and fair treatment at work, expanded voting rights, educational equity, criminal justice reform, freedom from gun violence in our schools and on our streets, and health care for all Americans.

(New York, NY)-- A week and a half after the shooting at Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a coalition of New York legislators and gun violence prevention advocates today urged the State Senate and Assembly to promptly hold votes on a bill sponsored by Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon that would empower family members and law enforcement to prevent gun violence.

Outside of his office in Kensington, they held signs with «Fire Faso» to show their anger of how the representative responded with recent talks on gun violence and school safety.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New YorIn Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New Yorin New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WBEN)- Across the nation on Wednesday, thousands of students will partake in a school walkout in response to gun violence in America.

NEW ROCHELLE — Candidates for the New York State Senate District 37 met with high school students in Westchester County for a special forum on gun violence on Monday night.

Shaker was one of more than a dozen schools across the area that participated in a walk - out last week as part of a push for action on gun violence.

Rep. Paul Tonko held a two - hour townhall to discuss gun violence and school safety on Sunday at Shaker High School in Lschool safety on Sunday at Shaker High School in LSchool in Latham.

Inspired by students from the targeted Florida high school, as many as 500,000 people are expected to rally against gun violence and in favor of stricter gun laws on March 24 in Washington, D.C., with sister marches taking place in cities across the world.

«One of our most important findings is the lack of high - quality research on this topic, especially in relation to the major health impact gun violence has had in this country,» says co - author Eric Fleegler, MD, MPH, also of Boston Children's Division of Emergency Medicine and Harvard Medical School.

They were asked what types of guns they owned; reasons for ownership (protection, recreation, as collector's items); their attitudes on gun policies, such as bans, arming teachers and violence against the government; and the sources of violence, ranging from God's absence in public schools to media violence to insufficient mental health screening and background checks.

The Northwestern researchers used data from 1990 to 2013 on both gun violence in U.S. schools and economic metrics, including unemployment, to get some answers.

At one point, he appears on television, in the wake of the massacre of school children and their teachers in Newtown, Conn. «These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods,» he says, referring to the places that have been devastated by gun violence.

They have to legally protect themselves from gambling especially with the crap going on right now with gun violence in schools.

We hosted monthly «learning sessions» with outside experts, and we held public convenings on complex issues like 21st - century assessment, developing non-cognitive skills, gun violence and school safety, using big data in education, etc..

Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and parents packed streets near the White House and the U.S. Capitol and marched in cities around the globe on Saturday to demand more - restrictive gun laws and decry gun violence, the latest in a series of massive demonstrations sparked by the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed 17 people last month.

Carrying crosses emblazoned with photos and names of the city's victims of gun violence, high school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, on March 14.

In this EdCast, Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, reflects on the Newtown shooting, school violence, gun control, and how, above all, we must continue to...

Protesters rally against gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on Feb. 21, the one week anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Students from around the nation joined in the walkout against gun violence on the 19th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School.

While students have been building a powerful and inspiring movement to end gun violence in schools, PA lawmakers have been laying the groundwork to vote on legislation that would militarize school buildings and allow teachers to carry concealed weapons.

By Barney Blakeney The Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has reinvigorated the conversation about gun violence on a national scale.

It is one of 106 high schools in the highest - needs category on the new Student Equity Need Index, which ranks schools based on student demographics, the academic status of incoming students, and community indicators such as asthma and gun violence.

Some politicians have incorrectly blamed gun violence in schools on this federal guidance, and now DeVos is even closer to rescinding it.

On the anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, more than 20 mostly Black and Brown - led youth organizations, representing thousands of youth of color from across the country, published a petition calling attention to their demands in the ongoing debate around school safety, gun control and violence against youth.

A wave of shootings in the Irish Channel that may be connected to an attack on a school bus last month and another outbreak of gun violence in the Central City area led to a joint operation of more than 40 officers being deployed to find the shooters and suppress the gunfire, authorities said this week.

The student protests over gun violence during the past several months, including a huge rally in Washington, D.C., in March, were organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 that left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three staff members.

A gripping series — in two parts — by This American Life took listeners inside Harper High School on the South Side of Chicago and inside the world of students whose daily existence is shadowed by the specter of gun violence and fears of getting jumped.

The schools were determined based on their ranking on the equity index, which factors in student demographics, the academic status of incoming students, and community indicators such as asthma and gun violence.

Unfortunately, since the President of the United States decided to interject, repeatedly, this terrible idea into the national discourse, it has become a part of the debate on what teachers ought to do in the face of gun violence in schools.

Washington, D.C. - area students and supporters protest against gun violence with a lie - in outside of the White House on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, after 17 people were killed in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the previous week.