Origionally Published July 15, 2021
Contact:
Barry Johnson
Email: btjohnson@ccp.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY
In 2020, gun-related homicides represented 90 percent of all homicides in Philadelphia, leading cause of death among young Black and Latinx men
PHILADELPHIA – Community College of Philadelphia announced that it will host an Enough Is Enough teach-in session to address the gun violence epidemic in the City of Philadelphia and across the country at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 15. Titled Gun Violence, a Public Health Crisis in Philadelphia, the virtual forum will discuss evidence-based solutions to gun violence and how the City of Philadelphia can benefit from the implementation of these solutions. The forum will also explore the role of news media and how changing the way gun violence stories are told — and who tells them — can reduce violence overall.
The event will be moderated by Dr. Jessica H. Beard, a trauma surgeon and the new director of research at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting at the College. Welcome remarks will be provided by College President Dr. Donald Guy Generals.
According to the City of Philadelphia’s Roadmap to Safer Communities report, in 2020, Philadelphia lost 447 people to gun violence – the most gun-related homicides in 30 years. Last year, gun-related homicides represented 90 percent of all homicides in Philadelphia and are the leading cause of death among young Black and Latinx men.
The rapid rise in gun violence is not unique to Philadelphia. Data collected by the Gun Violence Archive shows that there were more than 4,000 additional fatal shootings in the United States in 2020 than in 2019.
More information about the College’s Enough Is Enough teach-in series can be found online.
WHAT: Enough Is Enough Teach-In Session, Gun Violence, a Public Health Crisis in Philadelphia,
WHO: Dr. Donald Guy Generals, president, Community College of Philadelphia;
Dr. Jessica H. Beard, trauma surgeon and director of research, the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting at Community College of Philadelphia;
Malika Rahman, visiting lecturer in criminal justice and diversity fellow, Community College of Philadelphia;
Dr. Ruth Abaya, emergency department attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Stoneleigh Foundation fellow with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia;
Honorable Jamie Gauthier, 3rd district councilmember, City of Philadelphia;
Manuel McDonnell Smith, managing editor, CBS3; and
Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight, founder and national executive director, Mothers In Charge, Inc.;
WHERE: Via Zoom
Webinar ID: 999 1409 9696
Passcode: Enough
WHEN: 11 a.m.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
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