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 […]
Elite Daily: The Number of Gen Zers Who’ve Experienced Gun Violence Is, Uh, Not Good
Big yikes. BY RHYMA CASTILLO Gun violence in the United States is way too common — so common, in fact, that it’s directly touched the lives of millions of teens and young adults across the country. According to a new survey from gun safety education organization Project Unloaded, released on Sept. 28, a troubling number […]
USA Today: Gen Z grew up in a culture of gun violence. Now they can help change it.
According to a new survey, when asked to list their biggest concerns for our country, gun violence comes before climate change and abortion rights for those ages 13 to 25. Connie Schultz USA TODAY Two years ago, guns became the leading cause of death for children and adolescents. This is why I usually have little interest in reading […]