Addressing Wicked Issues: Youth & Gun Violence Webinars

To move the needle on complex and nuanced issue like gun violence, we must apply a variety different perspectives and approaches. This series generated resources, highlighted promising examples, and created space to explore how higher education can make a difference through community-engaged research, community-engaged teaching and learning, anchor strategy & community partnerships, and student-led civic engagement. Over 6 sessions, we provided the necessary context and then dove into the root causes of gun violence, the interrelated individual, familial, and community factors that put youth at risk, and how higher education can respond.