marie claire "The timeline for healing is long, idiosyncratic, complicated, and it rarely, if ever, matches up to the timeline for things to get back to 'normal.' For some, it can take years to realize they even need help, initially feeling too overwhelmed or numb to feel their pain." TEACHERS

Marie Claire Magazine, March 2026, No Teacher Left Behind: Mass shootings happen in classrooms at alarming rates. Will the educators ever be alright?

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Statement Following the Conviction of the Apalachee High School Shooter's Father "This conviction sends an important message to parents everywhere: secure your firearms and keep them inaccessible. You can prevent the next tragedy. And you can protect yourself from being held responsible."

Our hearts are with the survivors and all impacted by the tragedy on September 4, 2024.

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SUPPORT Crisis to Care • Survivor-led Crisis Intervention & Support Team • 50+ hours of recovery training • Community relationship building & programming

Thank you for standing with us! No one should be killed, shot, or traumatized at school! @teachersunify Reach our Crisis Intervention & Support Team: response@teachersunify.org / 203-296-3689

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December 2025 Newsletter

Our December 2025 Newsletter is out — 📖 about:

☮️ The life-saving importance of secure firearm storage — and why school communities must be part of the solution
☮️ Our upcoming collaboration
☮️ Voices from the classroom

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"The shooting on November 30 happened outside my door. My students died and best friend got shot. I'm very angry and sick of all this!!" - Oxford High School teacher

"My nephews were present at the Oxford High School tragedy. A few days later I attended a vigil in Oxford where a large part of the crowd thought there was a shooter and we ran for our lives and took shelter. I want this violence to stop. I want to be able to go into public with my family and not have to look for the exits." - Lynne Keller, Mom & educator Rochester Hills, MI

"I'm trying to look for purpose. I want something positive to come out of this and I want to see change. I don't want this to happen in other schools, and I don't want other parents, teachers, or students to have to go through this." - Amie Stevens, Oxford HS Teacher & Survivor Oxford, MI

These voices remind us that after the headlines fade, there is a community still rebuilding with determination, grief, and remarkable resilience. These voices model a kind of courage and honor that runs far deeper than any public narrative could convey.

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We may not perfectly protect kids online, but at least we try. We don’t show that same commitment when it comes to gun violence — the number one cause of death for children and teens in America. And we know it’s preventable, with proven ways to reduce it. #BooksNotBullets

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OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH Firearms can turn domestic violence deadly. Women, children, families deserve to be safe. @teachersunify

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Voices for Change: Elyse Thulin Dr. Elyse Thulin is an assistant research professor at the University of Michigan who aims to reduce the risk of violence and suicide among youth. She focuses on advancing adolescent mental health.

Must 🎧 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social episode! #BooksNotBullets ☮️📚📓

Books, Not Bullets: Engaging the Education Community for Safe Schools & Neighborhoods

Our team is heading to the @teacherpowered.bsky.social Schools National Conference to present, table & screen www.deathbynumbersthefilm.com! Meet us in Ypsilanti, MI: bit.ly/TPS-conference #BooksNotBullets #TPS2025 ☮️📓📚

Statement on New Everytown Report Confirming Arming Teachers is Not Effective for Preventing School Shootings

A new @everytown.bsky.social Support Fund report finds no evidence that arming teachers deters or reduces school shootings — and instead increases risk for students and staff. Arming teachers is dangerous and unethical. everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev...
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Survivor Stories: Cindy Carlson This episode features Cindy Carlson, a survivor of the Sandy Hook tragedy. She shares her powerful story, the lasting impact of that day, and her ongoing work in gun violence prevention.

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50- Jaue Baloes (Photo Credit: Preston Spire, used with permission) Nonprofit organization Teachers Unify To End Gun Violence worked with creative agency Preston Spire to launch a campaign called Project Lockdown: No Gun Left Behind. The campaign has one goal in mind: Ensure that all gun owners use gun locks, as two-thirds of school shootings occur as a result of an unsecured gun. The agency and nonprofit filmed various videos and social content,

Q campaign started its Lock-a-Gun-Now initiative (which makes locks available with one click from retailers such as Amazon, Lowe's and Walmart) and created a child-run Gun Lock Stand, designed to mimic a child's lemonade stand. Brand Buzz

Thank you, www.campaignlive.com, for uplifting #ProjectLockdown. Secure storage saves lives!

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Lockdowns start at home. Buy a gun lock today.

Visit ProjectLockdown.org to learn simple, effective ways to lockdown firearms and find secure storage options to purchase now.

Roughly 4.6 million children live in homes with at least one unlocked, unsecured firearm.

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Help protect our school from guns

A teacher’s first responsibility is to keep students safe. But we can’t do that alone. Secure firearm storage at home is essential to protecting kids — at school and beyond the gates. Let’s commit to safety, together. projectlockdown.org
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No teacher or child should fear for their life at school. This back-to-school season, join us and help protect our classrooms and neighborhoods through secure firearm storage.

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Why Teachers’ Voices Matter: Teachers Unify at AFT TEACH 2025 At AFT TEACH 2025, teachers came together to share stories, support one another, and speak out against gun violence. Hear from the educators behind Teachers Unify and why teachers' voices matter.

Must 📖 @sharemylesson.bsky.social blog by our co-founder, Sarah Lerner. #BooksNotbullets

August 2025 Update! Back to School: Heartbreak and Action

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Live Updates: Suspect Identified in Minneapolis School Shooting That Killed 2 Children and Injured 14

It's been 0 days since the last mass shooting at a school in the US. (A Catholic school, during Mass)

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No one should be shot at school

Imagine a country that allows this over and over and over and over…

Every sector of our society needs to stand up and implement resolutions, policies, practices, education to end this.

Accepting this isn’t normal. It’s shameful

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Last night, I joined the @giffords.org @teachersunify.bsky.social Back to School webinar on school safety, secure storage, and trauma informed policies for students & educators. 4.6 million minors live in homes with an unsecured gun. Let's #EndGunViolence! #SecureStorageSavesLives #BooksNotBullets

“Gun Violence and the Classroom”

Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence

@aft.org #TEACH25 ☑️ Tabled, screened www.columbine2024.com, & talked with a packed room of teachers about the toll of gun violence on teaching & learning & how to raise our collective voice for change. ☮️📚📓 @sharemylesson.bsky.social #BooksNotBullets #EndGunViolence

In less than a lifetime, teachers went from practicing storm drills under desks to dying to shield kids from bullets. Gun violence has reshaped the classroom—and changed lives forever.

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Best 10 Gun Violence Podcasts Best Gun Violence Podcasts to Listen to ⋅ 1. Guns and Mental Health by Walk the Talk America ⋅ 2. Teachers Unify ⋅ 3. Podcast on Crimes Against Women ⋅ 4. Jose L Cherrez

Check out the full list! www.millionpodcasts.com/gun-violence...
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Honored to attend the #NNSTOY2025. The sessions on gun violence prevention were powerful and necessary.

We can’t normalize fear in schools. Educators must have a voice in real solutions. @teachersunify.bsky.social

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Celebrate Reasonably—No Gunfire!

Be safe this holiday weekend.
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The increase in deaths among children and teens was not part of a broader rise in youth mortality, but was specific to firearms and far higher than any other trends including automobile accidents, overdoses, and cancer.

Check out our June 2025 Newsletter highlighting new research, federal and local updates, our summer conference sessions, and Teachers Unify Podcast guest, Flo Rice.
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Gun violence shouldn’t be a school subject.
Math, science, and bulletproof backpacks?
Enough. Help Politically Yours push for change. politicallyyours.com/subscribe/

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He Asked Someone to Stop Shooting Him with a Water Gun — Then He Took a Real Bullet Darrell Harris, 17, went to a Bronx park for a water gun fight on Tuesday night. Witnesses say a participant pulled out a real gun and shot him dead during an argument — no arrests have been made.

Kids can’t just be kids—not when guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in America. #BooksNotBullets 💔💔💔

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Safety is a universal human right - a school nurse

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