By curating connections, cultivating trust and conducting collaborative research, PCGVR informs journalistic practices and influence the programs and policies that will ultimately lead to a more nuanced public health-focused approach and fewer people harmed by gun violence.
By curating connections, cultivating trust and conducting collaborative research, PCGVR informs journalistic practices and influence the programs and policies that will ultimately lead to a more nuanced public health-focused approach and fewer people harmed by gun violence.
Teens in Philadelphia are trying to make safer neighborhoods. Many are starting with music. By Sammy Caiola. Visuals by Kriston Jae Bethel. (They're also two of our favorite people and critical figures on our team too.)
“This is about more than remembrance... It is about transforming grief into something that continues to live, grow, and inspire. Amir’s story will not be forgotten, and now his memory joins the growing national tribute to youth lives lost to violence.”
“We know that access to a firearm significantly increases a child or a teen’s risk of either accidental injury, death by suicide, or other injury within the home."
"This connection is a key part of understanding gun violence as a public health crisis. Advocates and experts say shootings can be reduced through investments in the underlying life conditions that put people at greater risk of gun violence: income, housing and food security, schools and living..."
Mirrors legislation California passed last year and comes as lawmakers in New York, Connecticut and Maryland consider similar bills:
"Many people have seriously thought about shooting others, and they constitute a poorly understood risk group who should be a focus for gun violence prevention efforts."
"While cities nationwide experienced declines in gun victimization rates, the report identifies five common, evidence-based strategies in 17 of the 50 most populous cities that saw their rates plummet by more than half since the 2021 peak—outpacing the national average by nearly double—including:"
“There’s been enough gun violence since the cuts and if we don’t get ahead of it, it will get worse.”
Pennsylvania has the 33rd-highest societal cost of gun violence in the US at $1,692 per resident each year. Gun violence costs Pennsylvania $21.7 billion each year, of which $470.7 million is paid by taxpayers. everystat.org/wp-content/u...
Findings suggest that policymakers and practitioners should implement firearm violence prevention strategies that are both culturally informed and place-specific. Policies and programs that focus solely on individual behavior may miss the broader social and institutional factors.
Panel discussion with speakers from AGVR.org
For nearly six years, this newsletter has explored gun violence, prevention, and the role of the media, with an added focus on what’s happening here in Philadelphia and our activities at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. Now, we’re taking the next step. mailchi.mp/pcgvr/101819...
"This season, as communities gather in churches, meetinghouses, synagogues, and sanctuaries, something powerful is also happening outside their doors: the Memorial to the Lost is moving across Pennsylvania." Upcoming installations: mailchi.mp/54329fe1ea22...
"Much of the decline in gun violence over the past four years can be explained by factors playing out nationally, more so than any one intervention or tactic being employed in a particular city... Even so, national trends can only explain part of the declines."
The report recommends steps like expanding mentoring and after-school programs; improving neighborhood conditions, like lighting and vacant lots; and increasing funding for community violence-prevention efforts.
Panel discussion with speakers from AGVR.org
For nearly six years, this newsletter has explored gun violence, prevention, and the role of the media, with an added focus on what’s happening here in Philadelphia and our activities at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. Now, we’re taking the next step. mailchi.mp/pcgvr/101819...
The exhibition features 19 public art poems by Germantown community members about healing from the impacts of gun violence.
"Since 2016, more than 150 people have alleged in court cases and police records that their P320s fired without them pulling the trigger:"
By curating connections, cultivating trust and conducting collaborative research, PCGVR informs journalistic practices and influence the programs and policies that will ultimately lead to a more nuanced public health-focused approach and fewer people harmed by gun violence.
We collaborate with @billy-penn.bsky.social to produce the Weekly brief on gun violence prevention, delivered via their daily newsletter every Wednesday. Here's this week's edition: mailchi.mp/billypenn/we...
Helping reporters tell more nuanced, solutions-forward stories about gun violence in hopes of minimizing harm to survivors while advancing public health-informed, trauma-aware and community-centered journalism.
By changing the way gun violence is covered, reporters can take an active role in minimizing harm to injured people, communities, and society—and even make an important contribution toward preventing gun violence.
"We have moved from the Iron Pipeline to the kitchen table pipeline. You can sit in the comfort of your own home, at your kitchen table, with polymer and print out a gun.”
Journalists are invited to access this directory of local community experts who feel willing and prepared to share their stories. Each community participant has taken part in our introductory workshop on trauma, media literacy and public health responses to gun violence.
PCGVR Survivor Connection Director Oronde McClain stands with Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi, MD, an emergency medicine resident physician at Penn Medicine. Dr. Osinubi invited Oronde to speak during her grand rounds presentation last week on the longterm health impacts of firearm violence.
