Our guest host today is Maggie Thompson. She is the Executive Director of 'Generation Progress,' a national organization that works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges. (On Twitter: @maggiekthompson)
Today Maggie is joined by two guests as they discuss Generation Progress's recent #Fight4AFuture gun violence prevention summit and the release of their new report on how gun violence disproportionately affects different communities.
Maggie's two guests are Eugenio Weigend, Senior Policy Analyst of Guns and Crime Policy at the Center for American Progress, and Karissa Anderson, Gun Violence Prevention Advocate.
Eugenio's Twitter handle is @eugenioweigend and Karissa's is @About_MyBizness.
Here is a link to the new study, entitled "America’s Youth Under Fire." http://genprogress.org/ideas/2018/05/04/46353/youthunderfire/
The website for 'Generation Progress' is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @GenProgress.