Fighting America’s Gun Plague
Excerpt from The New Yorker, April 5:
“The over-all message of NYAGV Ed Fund’s ReACTION curriculum is that fear, racism, and powerlessness are at the root of gun violence. Education Director Shaina Harrison believes that finding your ability to speak reduces both racism and powerlessness—the former by letting people know that the stereotypes are false, and the latter by creating the sense of strength that comes from speaking out.”
New Yorkers are killed by guns in New York State each year.
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of gun deaths in New York are suicides.
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shootings were recorded in NYC in 2020, an increase of 97% over 2019. Shootings rose 110% in Albany, 97 percent in Buffalo, 74% in Syracuse and 69% in Rochester.
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of gun homicide victims in New York State are Black - but only 15% of the state’s population is Black.
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New Yorkers are killed by guns in New York State each year.
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of gun deaths in New York are suicides.
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%
shootings were recorded in NYC in 2020, an increase of 97% over 2019. Shootings rose 110% in Albany, 97 percent in Buffalo, 74% in Syracuse and 69% in Rochester.
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of gun homicide victims in New York State are Black - but only 15% of the state’s population is Black.
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