We kick off season 2 with a sobering topic: recently, there was yet another school shooting, this time in Georgia at the Apalachee High School. Mass shootings and school violence have significantly increased in the US in the last decade - and this year looks to be no different. So far, since September 6th, there have been at least 46 school shootings.

We talked with Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN) in the Camden City School District in New Jersey and is the New Jersey Director for the National Association of School Nurses representing the New Jersey State School Nurses Association. Robin is an outspoken advocate for safer schools and is passionate about making gun violence a vital public health issue.

References:

The Relentless School Nurse https://relentlessschoolnurse.com/

Sandy Hook Promise https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/blog/gun-violence/facts-about-gun-violence-and-school-shootings

CNN School Shooting Fast Facts https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html?cid=ios_app

Mom's Demand Action https://momsdemandaction.org/

Can We Be Safe? https://odysseynewsmagazine.net/2024/09/05/can-we-be-safe/

K-12 School Shooting Database https://k12ssdb.org/

Dickey Amendment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993413/

Gun Violence is a Racial Justice Issue https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/issues/gun-violence-is-a-racial-justice-issue#:~:text=THE%20HOMICIDE%20DIVIDE&text=A%20Black%20person%20is%20over,firearm%20compared%20to%20white%20people.

Brady United https://www.bradyunited.org/

Surgeon General's Advisory Council https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/06/25/us-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-public-health-crisis-firearm-violence-united-states.html

Every Town Research: https://everytownresearch.org/report/gun-violence-in-america/