The recent birth of our newest grandchild taught me a powerful and unexpected lesson: there is a strong link between his joyous arrival into this world and my professional work, helping to stop violence in cities across America by building safe and nurturing communities that don’t produce violence. In my role as “Senior Consultant” for […]

News of gun deaths, so very common, don’t make the front pages. “Md. Woman’s Slaying Called ‘Senseless and Tragic” and “D.C. Teen’s Shooting Death Is Probed” both appeared under the fold below a picture of a brilliant red fall leaf on a stone (“A hint of bold fall color…”) on page B1 of the Washington […]

Supported by the California Endowment, this post is part of a series, “Galvanizing the Civic Sector to Reduce Gun Violence.” The series focuses on what several sectors – parents, teens, schools, hospitals, law enforcement, the faith community, the philanthropic and business sectors, civic leaders and others – can do, independent of state and federal legislative […]