Content warning: This email reflects on the events at Tuskegee University on November 10. If this is too much to read, we understand. Take care of yourself and skip the rest of this email. Here are some mental health resources that you may find helpful.
This past weekend there was a tragic shooting at Tuskegee University that injured sixteen people and killed one person.
This should’ve been a joyful day celebrating the 100th homecoming week at a storied HBCU (Historically Black College and University). Instead, a tragedy unfolded due to the lack of gun safety legislation that we KNOW works.
Until our leaders address gun violence in a meaningful way, senseless and preventable tragedies like this will continue to happen.
The students and community of Tuskegee University deserve better. Young people deserve better.
The fact that this happened at a historically Black University when gun violence already disproportionately affects Black people in the United States should make us all upset enough to take action.
This is our reality, but it doesn’t have to be this way. We honor the lives of those who were injured, the life that was lost, and the community that was changed by striving for a better future where this will never happen again.
In solidarity,
March For Our Lives