UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute Participates in National Youth Violence Prevention Week Campaign

National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 30 – April 3, 2020) is dedicated to bringing awareness and to educate the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence with a focus on the positive role young people can have in making their schools and communities safer. This campaign, now in its seventeenth year, is organized by Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) AND Sandy Hook Promise. Each day focused on a specific violence prevention strategy including knowing the signs, resolving conflicts peacefully, and uniting in action.

UofL’s  Muhammad Ali Institute supported the national campaign by sharing material daily about the fears of kids in this country have about gun violence in schools, the harms caused by treating kids as adults in prison, and how gun violence disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities and should be seen as as a public health crisis. If you weren’t able to join the Muhammad Ali Institute  during NYVPW then be sure to catch up by visiting these links:

Youth Activism and the Media: Reporting on Gun Violence (Source: The Pulitzer Center)

NYC’s Youth Poet Laureate William Lohier Takes on Gun Violence (Source: Now This Op-Ed)

An Insider’s Plan for Rehabilitating the Juvenile Justice System with Jeff Wallace (Source: TEDxNaperville)

Preventing Youth Violence with Dr. Denise Powell (Source: What is Black Podcast)

In addition, you can visit the campaign’s website nationalsave.org/NYVPW to view or obtain the materials made available during National Youth Violence Prevention Week.