GV General Facts
1/3 of gun violence-related shootings
What is homicide?
Poverty, trauma, racism, and oppression in all of its forms.
What are the root causes?
An activity we played, has also been called a privilege walk.
What is the race?
The description of ideas, beliefs, personal experiences, and life- lessons through stories or narratives that evoke powerful emotions and insights.
What is Storytelling?
The two years long advocacy process at the statehouse.
What is the legislative process?
2/3 of gun violence-related shootings
What is suicide?
Communities most impacted by gun violence.
What is BIPOC/black & brown?
The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control over others.
What is oppression?
To hire, treat, or use (someone) as a symbol of inclusion or compliance with regulations, or to avoid the appearance of discrimination or prejudice
What is tokenize?
The number of state Legislators that represent you
What is one state representative and one state senator?
Leading cause of death for American children and teenagers ages 1-19
What is gun violence?
The demographic most impacted by firearm homicide.
Who are black males?
This level of oppression looks at the ideas inside one’s self which minimize, degrade, or dehumanize others.
What is personal?
The title of the 20-minute documentary we watched centered on survivors of GV, and hospital workers.
What is quiet rooms?
The 1st woman and open member of the LGBTQ+ community to be elected governor of MA.
Who is Maura Healey?
A public health approach to gun violence that looks to see what is ultimately causing gun violence and then works to address those issues.
What is the upstream solution?
The demographic most impacted by firearm suicide.
Who are white males?
This level of oppression looks at the action or activity that happens between people when one holds prejudice against another, for example telling oppressive/offensive jokes, name-calling, violence, and discrimination.
What is interpersonal?
A center of healing, teaching, and learning for families and communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief, and loss.
What is the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute?
The average number of bills filed per year.
What is 4,000?
The number of people lost due to gun violence in MA on average annually
What is 250?
The top 5 municipalities with the highest gun violence rates in MA.
What is Springfield, Boston, Holyoke, Chelsea, and Brockton?
This level of oppression looks at the culture or practices within an institution in our society, for example; organizations, the government, police departments, the court system, schools, churches, etc…
What is institutional?
Collaborative storytelling initiative that brings together a leading media and communication college with those closest to the problem of gun violence in Boston
What is transforming narratives of gun violence?
The name of the bill MACOPGV is supporting which surrounds the guns themself.
What is the omnibus gun reform bill?