SJD '24:
GUN VIOLENCE + LEGISLATION
The theme for Social Justice Day 2024 is Gun Violence and Legislation. Formerly known as Law Day, Social Justice Day was established in 1975 by Shirley and Roger Feldman in memory of their son, Michael Feldman '67. The event explores various viewpoints on important legal and social issues of the day, creating opportunities for student discussion and debate, as well as guest speakers and presentations.
The CSW Library has curated a list of materials for you to explore before the symposium, as well as in the days and weeks after, as you continue to develop and deepen your understanding of issues relating to gun violence and gun legislation in the United States.
BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION
363.33 GA
Fred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, and International gun policy consultant Thomas Gabor team up in American Carnage to dismantle some of the most common myths about guns and gun violence.
303.6 MU
The Violence Inside Us examines the roots of human violence itself and the propensity of people to harm themselves and each other. The result is a carefully researched, deeply emotional, and personal book that dissects America's violence obsession through an evolutionary, historical, and economic lens.
683.4 MC
In the 1950s an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. He sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century. McWhirter and Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more?
371.7 CU
Offers an account of the . . . teenage survivors of Parkland who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and Congressional leaders, inspiring millions of America to join their grassroots #neveragain movemen
323.43 AN
Investigates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has been constructed from the start to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable.
363.33 MC
From [the author] . . . comes a young activist's handbook to joining the fight against gun violence--both in your community and on a national level--to make schools safer for everyone
