is trying to change that through legislative advocacy and education, with a particular focus on young people in communities prone to gun violence. here today is leah gunn barrett, executive director of new yorkers against gun violence, the organization s education director, as well shaina harrison. thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. we appreciate it. of course, you re doing wonderful work here, and what we really think is particularly interesting is that you have taken your program into the schools. tell us about that. well, we figure that it s not just enough to do the policy work, which is very important, clearly, but it s also educating young people who are living with gun violence on a day-to-day basis about the problem and to let them know that there about it. they can become advocates and activists in their community. they can t change where they live, but they can change how around them. so that s what our programs are doing, and they are a semester
new yorkers against gun violence is trying to change that through legislative advocacy and education, with a particular focus on young people in communities prone to gun violence. here today is leah gunn barrett, executive director of new yorkers against gun violence, the organization s education director, as well shaina harrison. thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. we appreciate it. of course, you re doing wonderful work here, and what we really think is particularly interesting is that you have taken your program into the schools. tell us about that. well, we figure that it s not just enough to do the policy work, which is very important, clearly, but it s also educating young people who are living with gun violence on a day-to-day basis about the problem and to let them know that there is something they can do about it. they can become advocates and activists in their community. they can t change where they live, but they can change how they respond to wh