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.
While we often highlight researchers and experts, we have the opportunity this episode to share the experience of a person affected by firearm violence directly. In this episode of Solving Gun Violence, host Molly Schnellenberger sits down with former UVA football player Perris Jones, who lost three teammates in the November 2022 shooting at UVA. Perris shares his experience of the tragedy, the healing power of his teammates and the broader UVA community, and the lessons he has carried forward. He also reflects on a devastating spinal cord injury that challenged him in a different way. Today, Perris is pursuing a doctorate and working toward creating opportunities for young people to see and pursue possibilities beyond the circumstances they were born into.
For more from Perris, we encourage you read his new memoir, Ashes to Endzone: The Fight for Identity, Faith, and a Future Bigger Than the Game .
For more on the Gun Violence Solutions Project go to gvsp.virginia.edu.
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