Since 1999, more than 398,000 students have experienced gun violence at school. I am one of the educators behind that number, and I carry the weight of that day at Sandy Hook School with me every day.
For too long, the people closest to the crisis, the educators and the students who huddle in dark closets and under desks, have been excluded from the national dialogue. It’s easy for politicians to ignore the reality of gun violence if they never have to hear from the people who experience it firsthand.
We are changing that by turning our fear and outrage into the power needed to protect our schools and communities. Your support helps us:
Amplify educator voices so that teachers' lived experiences help shape local and federal legislation.
Provide immediate support for impacted school communities.
Prevent future lockdowns through Project Lockdown, addressing the single biggest threat to our schools: unlocked guns at home.
Teachers Unify is a grassroots movement of educators across America whose mission is to empower its constituents and supporters to demand that communities are safe from gun violence.
