TOO MANY, TOO YOUNG - Why Teachers Are Unifying to End Gun Violence |

Now more than ever, when a white female teacher is afraid of a Black male student and kids need to be taught how to dream and reach those dreams, how shoots him in the classroom? to see the humanity in each other, and how to navigate conflict Solving this crisis is going to require addressing the real prob- using empathy and intellect rather than weapons. [...] like they belong, and I work with colleagues across the country They’re forced to code switch to feel welcome or worthy to be in to advocate for learning spaces that are safe for Black and brown that environment.* And the act of changing how you walk, talk, children. [...] They not local officials should also work together to town, the AFT, and the NEA believe states only become centers of education but fulfill develop and fund programs that increase and the federal government should raise the a broader purpose of contributing to stable, awareness of the need to store firearms minimum age to purchase or possess healthy, and safe neighborhoods. [...] Schools should distribute informa- handguns and semi-automatic rifles and Everytown, the AFT, and the NEA tion to parents about the importance of shotguns to 21 in order to prevent school- recommend that schools utilize district, secure storage. [...] In schools facing violence in school communities and would or from a private individual), or to purchase high levels of violence in and outside of the address the most common source of firearms a rifle or shotgun from a licensed dealer, a school building, a community school might used in school gun violence incidents.