Ending Gun Violence
Background
A Sermon for Parkland, Gun Violence Prevention, and Dick's Sporting Goods
This post is adapted from a sermon given by Cantor Hollis Suzanne Schachner at Temple Shir Tikva of Wayland, MA on March 2, 2018.
Why I Organized Hundreds of My Teenage Peers to Lobby for Gun Violence Prevention
This is an issue that affects all of us, every child in this country no matter your race or gender. Quite honestly, I am tired of hearing about how we are the future of this country. We are this country’s present.
Why I Organized Hundreds of My Peers to Lobby for Gun Violence Prevention in Ohio
On Wednesday, March 14, one month after the mass shooting that killed 17 students and community members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Matthew Youkilis, along with other Reform Jewish students and their classmates organized nea
We have a choice to make - will we act to end gun violence?
Last week, Reform Jewish high school students from across the country came to Washington, D.C for the Bernard and Audre Rapaport L’Taken Social Justice Seminar.
Reform Jewish Community Recommits to Passing Meaningful Legislation to Prevent Gun Violence Following Colorado Shooting
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How Our Congregation Went Shopping to End Gun Violence
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, we are inspired by America’s teens and heartened by the leadership businesses are showing to confront gun violence.
March Proudly, March with Hope
I am indescribably proud to have marched with the Reform Jewish Movement at the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC. The songs we sang in the morning, and the powerful speeches that the teens leading our work made about their experiences struck a chord in me. I was inspired by the message that my fellow Jewish students sent – that we will not stand idly by as our country suffers from an epidemic of gun violence. But more profoundly, I reflected on the impact of the violence that affects many of us in our schools and communities in one form or another. I was struck by how deeply these tragedies can mark us, forcing us to grow up in a matter of minutes or days, dramatically shifting our worldviews and understandings of identity.
Gun Control Legislation
The recent wave of criminal assaults with guns both here and abroad all too tragically dramatize the hideous crime this nation continues to perpetuate against itself--its consistent refusal to take effective measures to control the manufacture, sale, and ownership of guns.