Tag: gun violence
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Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
Peace and Conflict Studies is happy to co-sponsor a free and public screening of Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life Documentary Film Screening and Q&A Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of LifeWednesday, March 29, at 7:30pm in Science Center 101 The film’s director Patrice O’Neill (Not in Our Town, https://www.niot.org/) will screen the film and…
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Homicide Database Paints a Fuller Picture of Gun Violence in Delaware County
This article originally appeared in Swarthmore News & Events. It’s considered an epidemic in the U.S., accounting for nearly 20,000 deaths in 2020 alone, as it tears through communities and tears families apart, especially in low-income and urban areas. Yet unlike the global pandemic, this public health issue — gun violence — receives relatively little…
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Lou Klarevas, author of “Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings”
Please come join us to a book event at 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 24 with Lou Klarevas, author of Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings, a deeply researched study in which he argues that sensible gun control measures can help prevent mass shootings. Dr. Klarevas will speak in the Inn at Swarthmore’s Gathering Room A. …
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Delco Gun Violence Awareness Day walk and memorial in Swarthmore
As we mourn the loss of our lives in another recent mass shooting and as neighbors endure the persistent tempo of gun violence here in Delaware County, Heeding God’s Call will sponsor a rally and walk at Swarthmore Friends Meeting House on our campus this Sunday, November 4. You are invited to attend and show…
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Memorial to the Lost
The Memorial to the Lost will be displayed on the lower part of Parrish lawn on the Swarthmore campus from September 18 – October 2. The Memorial is a T-shirt display that represents gun deaths right here in Delaware County from 2011-2015. There are 153 T-shirts, each bearing the name of an individual killed by…
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Upcoming Lecture by Binalakshmi Nepram Manipur
Armed Conflict, Small Arms Proliferation and Women’s Non-Violent Peace Movement in Manipur Lecture by Binalakshmi Nepram Manipur Women Gun Survivor’s Network, Control Arms Foundation of India & Northeast India, and Women’s Initiative for Peace Wednesday, March 2, 2016 4:30 p.m. Science Center 101 Northeast India, home to 45 million people belonging to 272 ethnic groups,…
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David Kennedy ’80 to speak on an applied ethics of crime control
“What if criminal justice had a Hippocratic Oath? Toward an applied ethics of crime control” David Kennedy ‘80 Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City April 14, 2014 2:00-3:30 p.m. Science Center 199 Swarthmore College (directions) Download a flyer (follow the link,…
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Gun Violence Prevention course spring semester 2014
“Gun Violence Prevention: Peace Studies and Action” PEAC 077 will be offered again this semester, and spots remain available in the course. This community-based learning class will partner with local gun violence prevention organizations to integrate and develop knowledge about the problem of gun violence that can support their work. Peace Studies and Action aims to…
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Tweeting on gun violence prevention
Students in the course PEAC 077 “Peace Studies and Action” partnered with the local gun violence reporting organization, guncrisis.org over the spring semester 2013. In the spirit of “process journalism” that guncrisis journalists employ, our class made announcements, shared resources, and offered comments on gun violence prevention over the course of the semester using a…
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GunCrisis.org: Seeking Solutions to Gun Violence in Philadelphia with Digital Journalism
A public lecture sponsored by our friends at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility “GunCrisis.org: Seeking Solutions to Gun Violence in Philadelphia with Digital Journalism” Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 4:30-5:30 p.m. Scheuer Room Swarthmore College Maps and Directions Download a flyer Jim MacMillan Former Journalist-in-Residence for War News Radio and Manager of Media…