Posted on Jan 31, 2023
How local youth are taking on school gun violence
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On the morning of Nov. 8, 2022, Saeran Dewar made her way to Ingraham High School in Seattle’s Haller Lake neighborhood. It was a normal Tuesday, only a few weeks into her senior year. During her second-period statistics class, the school went into lockdown.
“At first, everyone was just sort of frozen and confused, because we hadn't heard anything,” Dewar said.
The protocol of lockdown drills was familiar, though. The class turned off the lights, locked the door and lay down on the floor.
“It was through sort of communication with other students, over text, that we realized: ‘Oh, somebody actually got shot in the building,’” Dewar said. “And then you hear the sirens outside the building, and it gets really, really real.”
“At first, everyone was just sort of frozen and confused, because we hadn't heard anything,” Dewar said.
The protocol of lockdown drills was familiar, though. The class turned off the lights, locked the door and lay down on the floor.
“It was through sort of communication with other students, over text, that we realized: ‘Oh, somebody actually got shot in the building,’” Dewar said. “And then you hear the sirens outside the building, and it gets really, really real.”
How local youth are taking on school gun violence
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Firearms and Guns
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Children
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Seattle
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Even though the Alliance for Gun Responsibility doesn’t support more safe storage rules, Nevarez said he was inspired by the number of ways the organization encourages youth to get involved in advocacy.
“It's very easy for many young people to feel like there's no adults that are listening. And for me, it means a lot that there are still people that are listening to children, to teenagers, and to youth,” he said.
Still, Nevarez and Andersen said it’s a difficult thing to accept that adults aren’t going to solve these problems without youth applying pressure.
“I think that in some ways, it is profoundly depressing as a young person, that it was necessary to talk about this,” Andersen said. “We should be focused on our grades, our friends, our future. We should not be focusing on if we're going to have that future at all.”
..."Even though the Alliance for Gun Responsibility doesn’t support more safe storage rules, Nevarez said he was inspired by the number of ways the organization encourages youth to get involved in advocacy.
“It's very easy for many young people to feel like there's no adults that are listening. And for me, it means a lot that there are still people that are listening to children, to teenagers, and to youth,” he said.
Still, Nevarez and Andersen said it’s a difficult thing to accept that adults aren’t going to solve these problems without youth applying pressure.
“I think that in some ways, it is profoundly depressing as a young person, that it was necessary to talk about this,” Andersen said. “We should be focused on our grades, our friends, our future. We should not be focusing on if we're going to have that future at all.”
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