Tag: gun violence

  • An Open Letter to the President

    Dear Mr. President, The first and only other time I have written a President of the United States was in December of 2013, after a shooting occurred at one of three high schools in my district. Many of my friends at the time were in the building. I wrote an impassioned plea to then-president Obama…

  • What We’ve Lost

    Face-to-Face with Mass Trauma It’s true what they say: despite the evidence of nondiscrimination, you never think it will happen to you. On July 4th, I told several people I had a story to tell them about my night out with friends. But in the days since that I’ve been processing that evening, I’ve realized…