There have already been more than 300 mass shootings this year in the United States. On May 24 this year, the world was shocked by a mass shooting in Uvalde in Texas. It left 19 children and two teachers dead. Since then, there have been over a hundred additional mass shootings.
It is in an “epidemic of gun violence”, according to Texan campaigner Ariel Hobbs. At just 24, Ariel is a veteran organiser. She’s the programme coordinator at March for Our Lives, the grassroots, youth-led organisation that has organised mass protest against gun violence across the USA.
She joins us on BetterPod this week to talk about the trauma experienced by her generation – and how they’re fighting back.
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