Class Year
2020
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-24-2018
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
On Friday, April 20, 2018, Gettysburg College students organized a campus-wide walkout to protest all forms of gun violence as part of Gettysburg College’s first annual Peace and Justice Week. Over the next several days, SURGE published the poems and personal testimonies of the student speakers who participated in the event.
I have not lost someone to gun violence, but
When I hear the word gun…
I still picture children’s bodies lying lifeless on the floor of a blue-carpeted classroom [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Wadley, Mattelyn R., "I Have Not Lost Someone to Gun Violence" (2018). SURGE. 321.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/321
Comments
Surge is a student blog at Gettysburg College where systemic issues of justice matter. Posts are originally published at surgegettysburg.wordpress.com Through stories and reflection, these blog entries relate personal experiences to larger issues of equity, demonstrating that -isms are structural problems, not actions defined by individual prejudice. We intend to popularize justice, helping each other to recognize our biases and unlearn the untruths.