Beyond Parkland: Oakland Kids Who Experience Gun Violence Every Day
Beyond Parkland: Oakland Kids Who Experience Gun Violence Every Day
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It’s Tuesday. Sam talks with three Oakland teenagers about the gun violence they regularly encounter. They have been held up at gunpoint and known friends and mentors who have been shot. These Castlemont High School students are involved with a violence intervention program called Youth ALIVE! Through the program, they mentor middle school students on the dangers of guns.