The kids and adults that do gun violence prevention work may look often times ok but none of us are all of us do this work because for many the worst possible thing imaginable happened.

This work comes from a place of love for those we lost but also incredible trauma and pain.

It’s something therapy can treat but never can truly cure because we can’t change the past.

there are millions of Americans many of whom at still kids that have to live with this reality every single day.

In that video you see a group of people most of whom are 18 or 19 acting calm cool and collected- what you don't see are the sleepless nights, the flashbacks, the hyper vigilance and deep pitch black numbness so many of us feel living in a society were we are told

Our friends dying doesn't matter and there's nothing we can do because of bully organizations like the NRA as we see shooting after shooting most of which don't get acknowledged unless they happen in a mostly white community.

I am in a much better place than I was now and I'm still in the fight and always will be I say this to highlight the many who are truly NOT ok