S5E2 - Institutional Justice Series Part II: Holistic Solutions to End Gun Violence in the US

Host Caris Fox and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence’s Shaina Harrison and Frank Teah deconstruct popular misconceptions about gun ownership and gun violence in the United States. This episode explores the artificial power that guns offer youth as a tool to fight against feelings of powerlessness and fear. How would America be positively transformed if systems of oppression such as poverty and racism were dismantled and replaced with transformative justice and community-based practices? What alternatives to gun ownership are present when community building is at the forefront, ensuring that the community feels seen, heard, protected, and empowered? Listen to part two of the Institutional Justice Series for answers to these questions and much more.  

 

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New Yorkers Against Gun Violence: https://nyagv.org/