Students Look Beyond Gun Control Laws to Prevent Violence—and It’s Working [yesmagazine.org]

For one week in February, students at D’lberville High School in Mississippi roamed the hallways before and between classes, greeting fellow students with a simple hello. They encouraged other students to do the same, to write their names on badges pinned to their clothing and to try to meet a new person each day.

But what may have seemed like overly friendly gestures was something more profound—part of a broader initiative aimed at preventing the next school shooting.

The D’lberville students are members of Students Against Violence Everywhere, one of more than 315 clubs in 40 states focused on reducing youth violence at schools and in their communities.

[For more on this story by Kevon Paynter, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/peo...its-working-20180321]

For another story on this topic, see Seven Insights to Help You Make Sense of Gun Violence.