This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the strength and resilience of the teachers, school staff, and allies who power our movement. Thank you for standing with us, supporting one another, and empowering educators to demand safety from gun violence for every child and family. ☮️📚📓

We’re proud to join the End Gun Violence Michigan coalition! Excited to partner with them on the MI Safe Homes, Safe Schools initiative. ☮️📚📓

Every day, teachers carry the profound responsibility of keeping students safe, healthy & ready to learn. This year, as Giving Tuesday approaches, we invite you support raising the voices of those who are always giving: teachers & staff. secure.actblue.com/donate/TU-AL... ☮️📚📓

Invite educators to the table. We know what’s best for kids & what’s harmful. We can be a part of the solution by doing what we do best: 🍎 advocating for preventative best practices that are supported by data & promote wellness, 🍎 educating the public on resources that can help in times of crisis.

Meet our newest Ambassador, Sofia Gonzalez! “Being a teacher against gun violence is a huge part of my life’s work. Teaching inner-city Chicago for many years & being very proximate, specifically to gang violence—it’s something I’ve been combatting for over a decade…Enough is absolutely enough.” ☮️📚📓

Minnesota friends & others near & far, please consider donating today! #GTMD25 www.givemn.org/organization...

We may not perfectly protect kids online, but at least we try. We don’t show that same commitment when it comes to gun violence — the number one cause of death for children and teens in America. And we know it’s preventable, with proven ways to reduce it. #BooksNotBullets projectlockdown.org

📣 new blog post about a group of retired teachers working hard to promote secure firearm storage to save lives & prevent trauma. Deep gratitude to Team Ithaca and to our Ambassador Sydney Chaffee—2017 National Teacher of the Year, blog editor & HS teacher. Please share & subscribe to our Substack! ☮️

Thank you to all the educators, counselors & school staff who show up for students every day with dedication & heart. Your commitment ensures kids can learn—even in the face of the threat & impact of gun violence—while shaping futures & strengthening communities. We are grateful for all you do. 🩷☮️

“They don't have to be alone with those thoughts or those fears in the aftermath,” said Kiki Leyba, who was teaching at Columbine High School during the 1999 mass shooting.

Thank you @chalkbeat.org & our incredible Crisis Intervention & Support Leadership Team! ❤️‍🩹☮️📓📚

It was great to connect with educators committed to protecting kids from gun violence, alongside @pftlocal3.bsky.social Chief of Staff LeShawna Coleman. Prevention and healing are possible with greater resources, political will, and education!

Constantly in awe of my incredible friend @abbeyclements.bsky.social for her brilliance and kindness and leadership and for all the ways she shows up -- every single day -- for our teachers and kids and schools. @teachersunify.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...

It was a weekend filled with laughter, tears, hugs, work, planning & determination to make this world safe from gun violence. These are some of the toughest, bravest, most resilient educators. Our experiences brought us together & our friendship keeps us together. @teachersunify.bsky.social

Our Crisis Intervention & Support Leadership Team came together in Philly for a powerful few days of connection, strategic planning & shared purpose. Lasting change in the prevention & aftermath of gun violence must begin with those on the front lines of our schools. [email protected]

Our October Newsletter is out! Highlights: a conference, book launch, @everytown.bsky.social report on the implications of arming teachers, our op-ed on educators & the fight against domestic violence, and the @teachersunifypc episode spotlight — Dr. Elyse Thulin. ☮️📚📓

Crisis Intervention & Support Team Member Abbey Clements: “Until we choose to end this, educators & school staff must receive support from those who get the challenges, grief & courage it takes in the wake of gun violence & persistent fear of it.” AC is a Sandy Hook School tragedy survivor teacher.

In one NIH multi-city study, every 1-pt increase in county food insecurity was linked to ~56 additional gun-related injuries per 100,000 people. 62% of those injured in the study resided in counties with high levels of food insecurity. Follow @feedingamerica.org to donate to or host a food bank. ☮️📓📚

“Having teachers and schools more routinely educate about Red Flag laws will not only make the public more aware of their options, but it can also help make these important tools seem less intimidating to people who are in crisis.” - Abbey Clements, co-founder of @teachersunify.bsky.social

Meet Crisis Intervention & Support Team Member, Flo Rice! “I want others to know I’ve been there—and they are not alone.” Flo was shot 6x during the Santa Fe HS tragedy in 2018 when she was a substitute teacher. Flo testifies, meets with lawmakers, and is active in the wider survivor community.

“As a teacher, I especially think about the troubling link between domestic violence and gun violence.” #GunViolence #Enough @teachersunify.bsky.social

#BooksNotBullets #SafeSchoolsSafeCommunities ☮️📓📚

Must 🎧 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social episode! #BooksNotBullets ☮️📚📓

Welcome to our Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Sarah Lerner @mrslerner.bsky.social—Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS tragedy survivor, TU co-founder & @teachersunifypc.bsky.social host. Sarah speaks at conferences on gun violence prevention & journalism. [email protected] 203-296-3689 🩷☮️📚📓

Our team is heading to the @teacherpowered.bsky.social Schools National Conference to present, table & screen www.deathbynumbersthefilm.com! Meet us in Ypsilanti, MI: bit.ly/TPS-conference #BooksNotBullets #TPS2025 ☮️📓📚

A new @everytown.bsky.social Support Fund report finds no evidence that arming teachers deters or reduces school shootings — and instead increases risk for students and staff. Arming teachers is dangerous and unethical. everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev... #BooksNotBullets ☮️📓📚

📣 Meet Crisis Intervention & Support Team member, Ben Tucker—retired teacher, survivor: Sparks Middle School tragedy, NV & @everytown.bsky.social @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteer. “I want to help support educators through the tremendous challenge of healing the lasting wounds of gun violence.” 🩷☮️📚

Welcome to our Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Robin Walker! Robin is a survivor teacher of the Sandy Hook School tragedy—taught there for 20 years, including 6 afterwards. Now retired, she continues to live in Newtown. “Maybe I can provide hope to others.” 🩷☮️📚📓

Welcome to our Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Kiki Leyba— a 1st yr teacher during the Columbine HS tragedy who helped many in & outside his district (that just endured its 3rd tragedy).“No one should walk alone on the recovery journey.” Kiki’s a @giffords.org Latino Advisory Council member. ☮️📚📓

#BooksNotBullets @teachersunifypc.bsky.social ☮️📚📓

Welcome to our Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Amy Taylor—Sandy Hook School tragedy survivor committed to supporting school staff in self-care, recovery & resiliency. “Helping others on this harrowing journey is imperative.” Amy is a teacher for 20+ years & is an active local @aft.org member. ☮️📚

This episode features Cindy Carlson, a Sandy Hook School survivor. She talks about her experience from Dec. 14, 2012, her work in the gun violence prevention space and much more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/52

“It's still as I’m sure for anyone, leads to an emotional response in me” #GunViolence @teachersunify.bsky.social

Welcome to our Crisis Intervention & Support Team @lieslfressola.bsky.social, Sandy Hook School tragedy survivor who recognizes the unique strength survivors can bring to one another. “It would be an honor to pass on that wisdom & power to others.” —LF 🩷☮️📚📓

I feel so lucky to be working and collaborating with such a thoughtful and dedicated team @everytown.bsky.social. Our latest -- a new report on arming teachers -- out this morning: everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev... @teacherscollege.bsky.social @teachersunify.bsky.social

Welcome to the Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Josh Novick—licensed therapist, educator, and founder of Trust & Grow Consulting. Josh helped coordinate the community response following the July 4th 2022 Highland Park tragedy. 🩷☮️📚📓

Welcome to the Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Dr. Michael Schultz—licensed psychologist, family therapist, systems consultant, Sandy Hook tragedy educator group facilitator. 🩷☮️📚📓 www.doctormikeschultz.com community.cwla.org/store/viewpr...

📣 It’s #DAFDay, a celebration of generosity through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)! Support helps fund: Crisis Intervention & Support Team, outreach & trainings & more to empower teachers to raise our voices for safe school communities. 🔗 app.dafday.com & type Teachers Unify or visit teachersunify.org

Welcome to the Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention & Support Team, Ivy Schamis — teacher survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS tragedy. 🩷☮️📓📚 📸 Ivy & Waffles the Wonder Dog

📣 The Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention and Support Team has launched! It includes survivors of school shootings & clinicians who’ve responded to gun violence. For 25+ years, this has been imagined. It’s finally here & needed more than ever. Thank you for considering a donation: bit.ly/4h20zW7 🩷☮️📓📚

Since the Columbine HS tragedy we’ve had 435 school shootings impacting 398,000+ students at school. Every school board & education leader must commit to disseminating information on the life-saving practice of secure firearm storage to families. @thewashingtonpost.bsky.social projectlockdown.org

Today in #FridayFinds at armedwithreason.substack.com @americanprogress.bsky.social @bradyunited.org @thetrace.org #projectlockdown @teachersunify.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @changetheref.bsky.social @marchforourlives.bsky.social and more

Our September Newsletter is out! Highlights: our newly formed Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention and Support Team, #ProjectLockdown, @teachersunifypc.bsky.social guest La-Shanda West, and updates from our friends at ENOUGH! Plays, @feelgoodaction.bsky.social, @newtownaction.org. ☮️📓📚

We’ve seen culture shifts before — seatbelts, smoking, drunk driving. We didn’t wait for Congress then, and we can’t now. It’s time to do the same with secure firearm storage. Projectlockdown.org #ProjectLockdown #NoGunLeftUnlocked #SecureStorageSavesLives #SafeSchoolsSafeCommunities ☮️📓📚

We refuse to accept gun violence as normal. These tragedies aren’t inevitable—they’re preventable through education, responsibility, and action. Join us. #ProjectLockdown #NoGunLeftUnlocked projectlockdown.org ☮️📚📓

This episode features Michael Cotey, the creator of Enough: Plays To End Gun Violence. He talks about his organization, his work with @changetheref.bsky.social and Manny & Patricia Oliver, what he hopes people glean from the plays, and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/51

Thank you, www.campaignlive.com, for uplifting #ProjectLockdown. Secure storage saves lives! projectlockdown.org #BooksNotBullets #SafeSchoolsSafeCommunities ☮️📓📚

Visit ProjectLockdown.org to learn simple, effective ways to lockdown firearms and find secure storage options to purchase now. Roughly 4.6 million children live in homes with at least one unlocked, unsecured firearm. #ProjectLockdown #BooksNotBullets #SafeSchoolsSafeCommunities ☮️📓📚

Future voters are in our classrooms today! 🎓 That’s why we're partnering with Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence to launch the Feel Good Future: Educator Toolkit for Teen Preregistration. 👀 Coming soon, but you can start preregistering now! feelgoodaction.org/preregister #FeelGoodFuture

For our 38th podcast episode, we welcome Abbey Clements, a former Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher and co-founder of @teachersunify.bsky.social