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We’re organizing to end gun violence in America.
Text STUDENTS to 644-33 for action updates. 📲

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I wrote this 5 years ago and the hard truth remains the same.

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🧡📣 JOIN US FOR ASK AN ADVOCATE!

Want to learn more about gun violence prevention, advocacy, and how YOU can make a difference? Join Students Demand Action at UofSC for a special guest speaker event on October 26 from 6–7:30 PM!

Come ask questions, hear from an advocate, and learn how to turn your passion into action. Whether you’re already involved in advocacy or just curious to learn more, EVERYONE IS WELCOME! 🫶

📅 October 26
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Currell 203

We can’t wait to see you there! 🧡

#StudentsDemandAction #UofSC #GunViolencePrevention #AskAnAdvocate #Gamecocks

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🌟🌟We think this is all pretty chic🌟🌟

With the voter registration deadline so soon (October 19), confirm your status or register in PA right now‼️‼️go to gunsensevoter.org or text “PLAN” to 644-33 to make your voting plan🕺🕺🕺

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This is a LONG post. And I don’t expect every follower to read it. But if it helps even one person to pursue education instead of just feeling anger. If it helps even one person learn something. If it helps even one person talk to the family member who disagrees.

Well then the hours of research were worth it.

#gunsense #demandaction #everytown #vote

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Since 2025, this administration has:

• Cut $1 billion in school mental health grants.

• Withdrawn $1 billion in pandemic-era mental health and substance use funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and laid off hundreds of staff

• Ended the 988 Lifeline’s specialized LGBTQ+ youth service, which had served about 1.3 million callers (recently reinstated, thankfully)

• Signed a law cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, the largest payer for mental health care in the U.S. The CBO projects 11.8 million more people will be uninsured by 2034.

• Tried to canceled roughly 2,000 SAMHSA grants worth nearly $2 billion

• Proposed eliminating SAMHSA as an independent agency and merging it into a new department, in both the 2026 and 2027 budgets.

Election Day is only a few weeks away. Have you asked your reps and senators where they stand on mental health funding?

#mentalhealth #therapistsofinstagram #mentalhealthawareness #everytown #988

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Thoughts and prayers aren’t, and were never, enough. If you have a platform, especially one dedicated to improving the lives of others, you should actively be speaking out against the gun epidemic that is unique to America and America alone #teacher #teachersofinstagram #america #reform @momsdemand @studentsdemand

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A 16-year-old kid used a firearm purchased legally by his mother to unalive 3 children and a teacher. He was stopped because a father of two other kids unalived him - so another parent’s child died.

This isn’t a story of a good guy with a gun. This, fresh on the heels of a guy in Erie, PA unaliving his wife and kids and unborn grandchild, is a story of how guns continue to be more valuable than children in this country.

We must #vote for Congressional representatives and senators who will support #GunSafetyLegislation. Check your registration today, and check out resources from @studentsdemand @momsdemand @everytown to see candidates that will protect our kids.

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It happened again. And it won’t stop until something is done. WE can do something about it.

Gun violence and health care are issues affected by this years ballot! Midterms are Tuesday, Nov 3, 18 days out. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.

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#typecanchangetheworld #elections #vote #midterms #voting

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No child should ever fear for their life.
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#silverrailelementary #silverrail #documentary

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The three children and one teacher killed in the horrific shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School deserved to come home alive. Honor them by reading and sharing their stories. Give the shooter #NoNotoriety.

Rhoam Summer was a bright student and adored by his loved ones. A family friend said “there are no words that can ease the pain” of this “heartbreaking loss.” Rhoam was five years old, and he had just started kindergarten at Silver Rail last month.

Megan Lambert was a beloved daughter, sister, friend, and teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School. Loved ones say she was “compassionate and had a huge heart. She always fought for the underdog and those with special needs.” Megan was 25 years old, and this was her first teaching job.

The other two children killed were an 8-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy. Both their families are asking for privacy during this difficult time.

We refuse to accept constant grief and fear as our normal. We should not have to mourn children stolen by preventable school shootings. In honor of the victims, the two wounded survivors, and the entire community impacted by this terrifying shooting, we continue our work to #EndGunViolence.

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Senate Bill 50 is sitting in the veto garage waiting for election day to pass, and voters to forget about it.

If overridden, it would allow virtually ANYONE over the age of 18 to carry in NC without a permit or classes.

Just one legislative seat makes the difference between this bill becoming law. The North Carolina State Supreme Court could also decide on constitutional carry in future sessions.

Voting is not going to fix everything, and it’s not going to bring back those lost to this senseless violence. But it can be the difference between how easy it is to conceal in NC #ncpol

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Are you free October 23 at 6pm and want to meet up with college students in the Triangle Area to phonebank for gun sense candidates?

If yes, swipe to register for our SDA Cross-College Phonebank ☎️ 📲 ⭐️

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