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Hartford teens gave up a part of their summer to participate in a gun violence prevention program for several weeks.
The program is a partnership between Hartford Communities That Care, Yale School of Public Health, and Project Unloaded, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that employs young people to prevent gun violence through education, storytelling, and community action.
Over six weeks, 50 teens 13-17 years old worked on social media campaigns that convey the message “guns make us less safe.”
“Since I’ve gotten examples and I’ve been hit with facts and research, now it’s like you can’t really go against it. You just have to accept that guns are not the way to go,” 13-year-old Jayce Hayes said. “Be a good person. Don’t let others influence you and make your own choices. Don’t be a follower with a gun.”
Hayes explained a video he made for his campaign, “rewrite the narrative.”
“For example, I was having trouble reading in class and in the skit, I was thinking about hurting myself with using a gun and in the second clip, it was a more constructive. As in, my friends building up on me and helping me,” he said.
Another campaign is called “Our Future, Our Voices.”
“We’re the next generation, so it’s like it’s really up to us to change everything,” 16-year-old Mayah Clarke said.
Clarke said she grew up around guns and was taught they were used for protection. She said the statistics she learned disprove that.
“Living with a gun doubles the risk of homicide,” she said. “I kind of opened my eyes to that.”
According to police data, out of the 33 shootings in Hartford from January to the end of May this year, only 6% of victims and suspects are under 17. The majority are between the ages of 25 and 44.
Eddie Brown, the head of strategic initiatives with Hartford Communities That Care, said the program is meant to target a young age group, so they’ll carry those lessons with them as they get older.
“That’s the goal for this entire six weeks, for us to shift the narrative and allow young people to use their voice and express that through their creative talents, through digital storytelling, to understand that it’s that much less safe to have a gun,” he said.
The teens are set to present their social media campaigns at a showcase on Friday.
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