Preventing Gun Violence: From Rhetoric to Real Solutions

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Session 1: Optional Get-to-Know-You Session
Session 2: Beloved Community
Session 3: Types of Gun Violence in America
Session 4: Race, Gender, and Gun Violence
Session 5: Trauma and Suicide Prevention
Session 6: Fear of the Other (guest speaker)
Session 7: Creating a Crisis Prevention Plan/De-Escalation
Session 8: Immersion Experience
Session 9: Preventing Gun Violence through Public Policy
Session 10: Action

Participants learn simple ways to intervene before a crisis begins and create a plan for doing so in their churches, workplaces, or other settings. Alternatively, the group can choose to learn strategies for de-escalating conflict that could lead to harm of self or others.