Solving Gun Violence
Solving Gun Violence
Podcast Description
Solving Gun Violence is a weekly student-led podcast by UVA’s Gun Violence Solutions Project (GVSP) that tackles one of America’s most urgent issues - preventing gun violence. Each episode features experts sharing actionable solutions to improve community safety while upholding individual rights. Have you ever wondered what can be done to effectively address gun violence in America? These conversations offer real answers. Tune in and be a part of the GVSP’s mission to share solutions to end this epidemic.
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Focused on the prevention of gun violence in America, exploring topics such as community safety strategies, policy advocacy, and the impact of grassroots organizations. Episodes have included discussions with leaders like Mark Culliton and Michelle Caldeira from Uncornered, who discuss transforming individuals for violence prevention, and Greg Jackson, who shares insights from his role at the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Solving Gun Violence is a student-led podcast by UVA’s Gun Violence Solutions Project (GVSP) that tackles one of America’s most urgent issues – preventing gun violence. Each episode features experts sharing actionable solutions to improve community safety while upholding individual rights. Have you ever wondered what can be done to effectively address gun violence in America? These conversations offer real answers. Tune in and be a part of the GVSP’s mission to share solutions to end this epidemic.
In this episode, host Molly Schnellenberger speaks with Annette Anthony, Director of Outreach for the Central Virginia Violence Interrupters (CVVI), about their community-based approach to preventing gun violence in Charlottesville, VA. Anthony shares how her team of formerly incarcerated individuals uses their lived experience and deep community ties to interrupt conflicts before they escalate and respond to shooting scenes to prevent retaliation. Listen to learn more!
Learn more about their work at centralvaviolenceinterrupters.org and more about the Gun Violence Solutions Project at gvsp.virginia.edu.
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