Black Stories

Not One More: A Promise and Commitment to Stop the Cycle of Gun Violence

Why These Black Students Are Taking Action on Gun Violence Prevention

Young Black Changemakers Summit: 2023 Recap

The Deadly—Yet Predictable—Results of Combining Hate with Easy Access to Guns

On August 26, 2023, we witnessed yet another new headline in a tragically familiar story: Black people being killed simply for existing.

Meet Angela Ferrell-Zabala, Executive Director of Moms Demand Action

Angela Ferrell-Zabala: We Find Joy in the Hardest Spots

Jakoby Mitchell: Turning Our Pain Into Purpose

No More Red Dots: Looking for Creative Ways to Overcome Obstacles

Congresswoman Nikema Williams: Together, We Can Do Better

Strutting Through Grief

Rep. Mike A. Gipson: Answer the Calling

Kathy Elaine McKnight: We Aren’t Taking No For an Answer

Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Involved

Jenevia Blanks: All You Have To Do Is Show Up

Dr. Lorenzo Neal: How We’re Bringing Actualized Change

The best way to deal with and overcome trauma is to openly acknowledge its presence

Crystal Turner: ‘Not only am I here for you, I’m right beside you in this fight’

State Legislator Spotlight

Black people in America have faced generations of economic inequity & systemic racism while dealing with a disproportionate impact of gun violence and police violence.

Terry ‘Uncle T’ Williams: Show compassion in hopes that healing will prevail

Zalena Giles: Gun violence should not impede children’s futures

Gun violence affects everyone, but I also know that statistics show that it disproportionately affects the Black community. Being a Black woman, married to a…

Sadiqa N. Reynolds: As gun violence increases, so does the loss of potential

Aaron Foster: It takes a community to heal a community

I have two children that were killed in Fresno, California on the same day, the same way, at the same time, four years apart. After…

Beverly F. Smith-Brown: Meet people where they are with compassion

Open letter to Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery, and all Americans