Axios Philadelphia: Philly teens want to save lives through viral anti-violence videos
By Isaac Avilucea Philadelphia youth are taking lessons from social media influencers to help reduce gun violence and save peers’ lives. Why it matters: The number of teens killed from gun violence rose 50% during the pandemic, the Pew Research Center found. Driving the news: Five youth teams from across Philadelphia are presenting social media videos with anti-gun violence messages Monday at REC Philly. […]
Going Viral for Good: Chicago Public School Students Take On Gun Violence through Social Media Pitch Competition
Through partnership between Project Unloaded and Chicago Public Schools, students combine social media marketing skills with data on risks of guns, empowering their peers to decide against owning guns Winning pitch to be incorporated into Project Unloaded’s Guns Change the Story campaign CHICAGO – Dozens of teens from Chicago’s South and West Sides channeled their social […]
CBS News: Project Unloaded has Chicago teens using social media to tackle gun violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Teens are turning to social media to help reduce gun violence as a possible solution in Chicago while sending a message to their peers. Fifty CPS students split up into three groups. They pitched social media campaigns that connect with their peers and spark conversations about the real consequences of guns. One, 16-year-old […]
Project Unloaded Introduces its 2024-2025 Youth Council and First-Ever Creator Corps
Young people ages 15-21 serve as advisors and creatives behind social media campaigns and outreach programs to spread the message that Gen Z is SNUG – Safer Not Using Guns In its inaugural class, the Creator Corps will focus on social media content creation and amplification CHICAGO – Today, Project Unloaded, an organization reducing gun […]
Project Unloaded Responds to Deadly Gun Violence at Trump Rally in Pennsylvania
CHICAGO – On Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, a 20-year-old armed with an assault rifle attempted to assassinate former President Trump, killing one spectator and wounding at least two more in the process. In response to the violence, Project Unloaded, an organization working to reduce gun violence through youth-powered culture and narrative change, released the following […]
Reckon: Why Project Unloaded believes ‘guns make us less safe’ as the Surgeon General declares gun violence a public health crisis
By Alexis Wray Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in America. Because of the gun violence epidemic, groups like Project Unloaded believe that “where there are more guns, children and teens are less safe.” Project Unloaded, a gun violence prevention group, works with young people across the country to shift the culture around guns. […]
Just Talkin’ Kenosha: Anvesha Guru, Project Unloaded Youth Council
Watch Anvesha’s interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXFCrsxp14
A Public Health Crisis Demands a Public Health Solution: Project Unloaded Responds to Surgeon General’s First-Ever Advisory Calling for Multi-Pronged Approach to Curb Gun Violence
In the advisory Dr. Vivek Murthy points to anti-smoking, other public health playbooks as models for reducing gun violence CHICAGO – Today, the nation’s top doctor, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, declared gun violence a public health crisis in an advisory, proposing a range of measures for preventing and curbing widespread trauma caused by […]
WBBM: After nearly 2 years, Highland Park screening revisits July 4 parade shooting
By Nancy Harty (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A gun violence prevention group will be showing a documentary on Tuesday night about Highland Park’s response to the parade shooting there almost two years ago. The 20-minute film “Memorial” will be shown just down the street from where a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens of others. The group […]
Chicago Sun-Times: Gen Z is spreading the word on guns: ‘They’re the problem, not the solution’
One way we young people are trying to end gun violence is through social media campaigns that help explain to our generation why guns make them less safe. By Edgar Vilchez, Project Unloaded Youth Council Your high school statistics class takes a break outside. Everyone walks a few blocks off campus, soaking up the fresh […]