Mary-Pat Hector: Teen Impact: Finalist #6
This blog post was submitted as an entry in the Teen Impact contest and awarded as a finalist.
As founder of a national organization, I understand that only 10 percent will lead the 90 percent of my generation. I know I am in that 10 percent, so I created a national campaign, Shake Off Violence, beginning with a 90-day ceasefire. The purpose of the campaign is to raise public awareness about youth violence and to promote peace.
With a 40 percent rise (http://articles NULL.cnn NULL.com/2011-10-21/justice/justice_gang-membership-increase_1_gang-membership-gang-leaders-anti-gang-officials?_s=PM:JUSTICE) in gang membership and a surge in gun violence, I just got tired of seeing my peers die. So I created a campaign to bring together leaders in the anti-violence community, music industry and political arena for a series of events and activities to promote peace among youth.
Participating cities include: Huntsville and Montgomery, AL; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta and Augusta, GA; St. Louis, MO; Jacksonville, NC; Philadelphia, PA; Detroit, MI; Bronx, Harlem, Long Island, and New York, NY; Milwaukee, WI.
The goal of this campaign is to save lives by bringing attention to the simple fact that WE HAVE TO GET THESE GUNS OFF OUR STREETS. We need new gun laws that will protect our future.
How can you get involved? Starting November 11, 2011, do not watch or listen to violent music or shows. Do not participate in physical or verbal violence. No thinking violent thoughts, either. We need people talking about this at your job, on your college campuses, and in your homes. We will have workshops, PSAs and forums created by youth to save our generation, so please visit my website, Marypathector.webs.com (http://marypathector NULL.webs NULL.com).
I believe all things are possible if we try. I hope you will join us as we take a stand against violence.
#ShakeOffViolence
Related Reading:
As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns (MO) (Images of Baseball) (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/As-Good-Got-Browns-Baseball/dp/0738531995?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0738531995)
The Style of Palestrina and the Dissonance (Dover Books on Music) (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Style-Palestrina-Dissonance-Dover-Books/dp/0486442683?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=546246187-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0486442683)
Domestic Violence: Love & Control (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Domestic-Violence-Love-Control-ebook/dp/B002QHVX4C?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B002QHVX4C)
Carnival Music in Trinidad: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series) W/CD (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Carnival-Music-Trinidad-Experiencing-Expressing/dp/0195138333?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0195138333)
9/11: The Simple Facts (Real Story (Soft Skull Press)) (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/11-Simple-Facts-Story-Skull/dp/1593764243?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1593764243)
Mary-Pat Hector: Teen Impact: Finalist #6
This blog post was submitted as an entry in the Teen Impact contest and awarded as a finalist.
As founder of a national organization, I understand that only 10 percent will lead the 90 percent of my generation. I know I am in that 10 percent, so I created a national campaign, Shake Off Violence, beginning with a 90-day ceasefire. The purpose of the campaign is to raise public awareness about youth violence and to promote peace.
With a 40 percent rise (http://articles NULL.cnn NULL.com/2011-10-21/justice/justice_gang-membership-increase_1_gang-membership-gang-leaders-anti-gang-officials?_s=PM:JUSTICE) in gang membership and a surge in gun violence, I just got tired of seeing my peers die. So I created a campaign to bring together leaders in the anti-violence community, music industry and political arena for a series of events and activities to promote peace among youth.
Participating cities include: Huntsville and Montgomery, AL; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta and Augusta, GA; St. Louis, MO; Jacksonville, NC; Philadelphia, PA; Detroit, MI; Bronx, Harlem, Long Island, and New York, NY; Milwaukee, WI.
The goal of this campaign is to save lives by bringing attention to the simple fact that WE HAVE TO GET THESE GUNS OFF OUR STREETS. We need new gun laws that will protect our future.
How can you get involved? Starting November 11, 2011, do not watch or listen to violent music or shows. Do not participate in physical or verbal violence. No thinking violent thoughts, either. We need people talking about this at your job, on your college campuses, and in your homes. We will have workshops, PSAs and forums created by youth to save our generation, so please visit my website, Marypathector.webs.com (http://marypathector NULL.webs NULL.com).
I believe all things are possible if we try. I hope you will join us as we take a stand against violence.
#ShakeOffViolence
Related Reading:
The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/End-Memory-Remembering-Rightly-Violent/dp/0802829899?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0802829899)
Love, Sex and PSA - Living and Loving with Prostate Cancer (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Love-Sex-PSA-Living-Prostate/dp/0965973409?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0965973409)
Italians of Philadelphia (PA) (Images of America) (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Italians-Philadelphia-PA-Images-America/dp/0738550205?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0738550205)
Community, Violence, and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Community-Violence-Peace-Mohandas-Twenty-First/dp/0791439844?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=ebookplaza-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0791439844)
The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You'Ve Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong (http://www NULL.amazon NULL.com/Bias-Against-Guns-Everything-Control/dp/0895261146?SubscriptionId=AKIAJE7QYKLAUOEMSPJQ&tag=546246187-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0895261146)
