The Impact of Gun Violence on
Children & Teens
By: Xzavier B., Ysabella C., Amber G., Kailani L., Kristine P., & David P.
Take Action
The point of this post is to reach out to teens, with the intention of having them be proactive by giving them examples of how they can help end gun violence. Keeping themselves informed, supporting an organization, or volunteering with advocacy groups, are easy ways they can be part of the change.
This post along with the rest of our posts, include our campaign hashtags and our website link for more information and resources.
Davonte Friedman
This post is about Davonte Friedman who was a young African-American activist from Maryland who spoke against the lack of opportunities present among underserved teens. Using his quote “I’m just glad I made to see 18.” we hoped this tragedy would encourage teens and children to see the devastating effect gun violence causes and realize it can easily happen to them. #DontBeAStatistic is very powerful in this post because if we don’t encourage change, all victims will continue to be just a statistic.
Teens and Children are shot everyday
We wanted to share key statistics on the problem of gun violence within children and teens. Gun violence is an ongoing issue and continues to hurt thousands of young people every year.
7,957
This post was created to draw attention to the yearly statistics about gun violence and how children and teens are victimized due to self harm, or others negligence. We used the caption “CHILDREN AND TEENS ARE SHOT EVERY YEAR” with clapping emojis in between each word to keep the post eye catching and to convey how serious of an impact gun violence has on our target audience. The caption is also relatable to our audience because it’s on trend with our target demographic.
Gun Violence, Teens & Children
We wanted to highlight the statistics of gun violence among children and teens, to help raise awareness to let anyone know that this is an ongoing issue. We wanted the main focus to be on the numbers.
Jaime Taylor Guttenberg
Jamie Taylor Guttenberg was only 14 when she became a victim in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. We told her story to show our audience how real the issue of gun violence truly is. The post also supports the overall idea that anyone can become a victim of gun violence no matter where or what you are doing.
Myth Busters
Due to an excess of misinformation and false news present within society, we created this post as a fun way to get children and teens interested in finding out the truth. We dispelled common myths with facts to reveal how harmful and prevalent the issue of gun violence truly is among children and teens. We added #KnowYourFacts to help inspire children and teens to sift through fake news and find the truth.
#ThisCouldBeYou #DontBeAStatistic
#EndGunViolence
The focus of this post is to raise awareness that anyone can be a victim of gun violence, no matter who or where you are. In the background of our post, children and teens are seen doing various mundane activities, the post puts across a strong message that the next victim could be you, your friend, or your family. We intended to provoke our audience to realize they can help end gun violence for future generations.
References
Brady. (n.d.). Key Statistics. https://www.bradyunited.org/key-statistics.
Dowd, A. (2019, February 12). Jamie Taylor Guttenberg. Since Parkland. https://sinceparkland.org/people/jaime-guttenberg/
Everytown. (2016). #NotAnAccident Index. https://everytownresearch.org/maps/notanaccident/.
Everytown. (2021, January 8). The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Teens. https://everytownresearch.org/report/the-impact-of-gun-violence-on-children-and-teens/
Hahamy, M. (2019, February 12). DaVonte Friedman. Since Parkland. https://sinceparkland.org/people/davonte-friedman/