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Although it has taken way longer than I thought it would (as per usual...), I think I've made solid progress on the hoodie and jeans. I have, since my last update, heat-set the clothing AND thrown them in the wash. They turned out great (thank goodness)! Below, I've listed all the statistics used on the jeans, the meaning behind them, and the article I sourced. While I acknowledge the video part is extremely late, I do think that the clothing set itself was a solid amount of work, so I am not blaming myself for not having enough time to get both done by the deadline. That's not to say, however, that I've given up on the video. Attached below is a proposed storyboard outlining the video's structure. I want to focus on high emotional impact rather than statistics, but I am considering (of course, granted time constraints) making another video focusing on the pants themselves and what all the numbers mean. However, I'm going to be a bit more realistic with myself and how much I have on my plate as of right now, and amend that idea to just having an instagram post where I have pictures of the clothing set and, in the caption, detail all the numbers and their significance (almost a copy and paste of what you see below). Going forward, I am going to continue fusing advocacy into art and have that be my new focus.
statistics used on the pants
12 x - "US gun suicide rate is nearly 12 times that of other high-income countries" AND "Black people in the US are 12 times more likely than white people to die by gun homicide"
1,003 - average number of people who are killed by gun violence in New York per year
70% - "White men represent 70 percent of firearm suicide victims in America."
5 x - gun access makes it 5 times more likely that an abusive partner will kill a female
19 x - "Black children and teens in the US are nearly 19 times more likely than white children and teens of the same age to die by gun homicide"
686 - there was "a high of 686 mass shooting incidents in 2021"
200 - number of people in US shot and wounded EVERYDAY (estimation, actual number likely higher)
59% - percentage of adults (or someone in their close circle) who has experienced gun violence
6M - "Nearly 6 million women reported having a gun used on them by an intimate partner."
422 - average number of undetermined gun deaths per year
18,657 - average number of gun homicides per year
130 - number of people in the US killed with guns EVERYDAY
606 - average number of gun deaths because of police shootings per year
46,684 - "Average number of people killed with guns in the United States each year"
3 x - "Access to a gun triples the risk of death by suicide."
4/10 - "More than four out of every 10 gun deaths are homicides."
2,900 - "More than 2,900 children and teens die by gun homicide every year."
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