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ARTICLE—In the wake of the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan on November 30, 2021, we checked in on one another in a group text. Like so many educators and school staff across the country, we were shocked [….]
VIDEO—Abbey Clements of Teachers Unify joins Robert Opotzner on 30 Minutes to discuss the organization, the tragedies at Parkland and Sandy Hook, and what can be done to end gun violence in the US.
ARTICLE—One organization, Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence — a coalition of educators and school staff speaking out about their experiences with gun violence — was founded by three teachers […]
AUDIO—After a summer that started with mass killings in Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, Texas and Highland Park, Illinois, September is almost here and it’s time to get back to activism. In June, SCOTUS ruled […]
ARTICLE—Many teachers have taken to social media to express their grievances about the shortage. Sari Beth Rosenberg, a New York City public school educator and cofounder of the nonprofit organization Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence, tweeted that the shortage […]
ARTICLE—as heightened security features such as armed guards and metal detectors have become increasingly common, some critics in Connecticut and elsewhere have begun to wonder: To what extent do these measures really make a difference? […]
ARTICLE—As a new academic year begins, school safety is top of mind for many educators across the country. The stresses surrounding pandemic protocols and censorship are still present, but perhaps no issue looms larger than gun violence […]
ARTICLE—When the fire alarm went off, Sarah Lerner was passing out chocolates to her students after they joked that she was going to ruin Valentine’s Day by giving them a quiz. Lerner was confused by the alarm […]
ARTICLE—Teachers often put their students’ recovery process ahead of their own, sometimes delaying their healing for months or years at a time, several said in interviews. Some find solace in advocacy […]
VIDEO—Every time there's a mass shooting at a U.S. school, teachers across the country are reminded gun violence is an everyday possibility in their classrooms. Following the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the PBS NewsHour spoke with six teachers from across the United States […]
VIDEO—We are once again galvanized into action by the most recent horrific mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde Texas. Moms, Dads, teachers, activists, athletes and an energized public are demanding meaningful change […]
ARTICLE—“We get into education because we love children, we love our subject matter, and we love teaching. None of us go into education to be human shields, and to be bodyguards, and makeshift police officers,” says Lerner […]
ARTICLE—For those who have lived the trauma of an elementary school massacre, there’s no easy way to convey to a grieving town in Texas that the pain of irreplaceable loss will continue to reverberate, except to say that hope can grow up alongside it. […]
VIDEO—Shannon Watts, founder of ‘Moms Demand Action,’ and Abbey Clements, a former Sandy Hook Elementary teacher and co-Founder of ‘Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence,’ join Chris Jansing to share the importance of grassroots activism in the push for federal gun safety legislation. […]
ARTCILE—Over the past four years, I've used my voice and platform to speak out, all while dealing with trauma, healing, and the effects of PTSD. Within the past few weeks we've seen two mass shootings in two very different parts of the country […]
ARTCILE—“The worst part about it is that my students who ran out of Sandy Hook School and who survived the tragedy, they are watching this happen over and over,” Clements said […]
VIDEO—Teachers have always done much more than just teach academics. Since the pandemic began, they’ve had to navigate distance learning, mask controversies, students falling behind, and all the while, the security threat has been there looming over them. […]
ARTICLE—Several musical performers who planned to appear at this week’s National Rifle Association convention in Houston have withdrawn out of respect for the victims of the massacre in Uvalde, 279 miles west of the typically boisterous annual gun-rights gathering […]
ARTICLE—“Gun violence is everywhere — it’s in our schools, it’s in our communities and it’s our homes,” said Clements, who teaches fourth grade in Newtown. “In the gun violence prevention movement […]
ARTICLE—There’s a rule that many teachers live by, and there are times when it’s frustratingly insufficient: “If you see something, say something.” […]
ARTICLE—Today, Teachers Unify has a membership of more than 1,800 educators, and it’s growing every day. If you’ve been looking for a way to join the growing movement for gun violence prevention schools, there has never been a better time to join.
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