WDJT: 5 years after Parkland and mass shootings keep going up; local student activist says culture must change
By: Daniela Prizont-Cado WISCONSIN (CBS 58) — For some, Valentine’s Day is a reminder of the lives that were lost due to senseless gun violence. Feb. 14 marks 15 years since the mass shooting at Northern Illinois University, where five people were killed and 17 others were hurt. In addition, five years ago on Tuesday, […]
CNY Central: Young activist reflects on the 67th mass shooting, only two months into 2023
Arusha Ramaswamy of Fayetteville-Manlius High school is only 15 years old, but by joining multiple activist organizations like Project Unloaded–she’s already made it her mission to educate Central New Yorkers on the potential dangers of owning a gun.
WRTV Indianapolis: Purdue sophomore discusses ‘Project Unloaded’
Project Unloaded is working to get young people more involved in the conversations around gun violence. Watch the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAGZBs2ZdA
Spectrum News: CNY student turns concerns over gun violence into action
BY MELISSA KRULL MANLIUS Arusha Ramaswamy is an eleventh-grader at Fayetteville-Manlius High School who is well aware of the many mass shootings that have recently happened in the country, and said she is scared. “I would like to say I’m just really angry that we are still, we still have to live in a place […]
Houston Chronicle: These teens want to change gun culture – starting with a Gen Z social media campaign in Houston
ANNA BAUMAN, STAFF WRITER Jordan Phan spoke into the camera in a Tik Tok post with background music and several hash tags. “I’ve spent the summer researching whether guns make us more or less safe, and the unfortunate truth is that guns make us all less safe,” the college sophomore said, listing several facts about women’s […]
WISN/ABC: Milwaukee Teen Fights Gun Violence
Watch Project Unloaded youth council member Anvesha Guru on WISN here: https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-teen-fights-gun-violence/42295008
Social Media Campaign to Rewrite Gun Culture Expands to Reach Teens Nationally
After Seeing Project Unloaded’s SNUG Campaign in Its Pilot Phase, 15% of Teens Shifted Their Views Against the Ideas that Guns Made them Safer The $500,000 Campaign Reaches Young People on TikTok with the Message that They’re Safer Not Using Guns CHICAGO – Project Unloaded, an organization working to stop gun violence by changing the […]
Augusta Chronicle: Evans teen chosen for national youth council to fight gun violence, change gun culture
By Miguel Legoas Lillian Lee-Sin is only 15-years-old, but has already been a part of more than one gun-related scare. “At the elementary school that I went to, we were never shot at, but in the area we were in, there was a lot of criminals trying to run away from the cops that would […]
Project Unloaded Launches Youth Council, Expands Its Work to Reshape Gun Culture
The Youth Council is Comprised of a Dozen Teens from Across the Country Who Are Passionate about Changing Gun Culture and Saving Lives According to a Recent Project Unloaded Survey, at Least Half of Young People Worry About Shootings Daily or Weekly CHICAGO – Project Unloaded, an organization changing the cultural narrative about gun ownership […]
Washington Post: Sick of hoping politicians will act, Gen Z decides to make guns uncool
Perspective by Petula Dvorak Columnist I was crunching through the red and orange piles of leaves on my son’s New England campus during parents’ weekend Sunday morning when I saw the news alert: “8 people shot near JMU this morning.” Oh no. I immediately texted my friend whose son is a freshman at James Madison […]