Shae Sweeney - I am a senior at Holliston High. I am in interesting in pursuing a career in law enforcement and because of the reputation that so many police officers have, I have taken a special interest in gun control.
Will Morelli- I am a senior at Holliston High. While I am interested in pursuing a career in real estate and business, I have always been affected by these violent mass shootings. It is very hard for me to imagine that the parents of these kids bring their kids to school and never see them again due to these violent acts. Our goal with this project is to spread awareness about this very prominent issue.
Makayla Vittori- I'm am a Freshman at HHS, I'm thinking about pursuing a career in psychology. One of the main things that makes me really think when it comes to mass shootings is why people do it. I think it's very important to spread awareness about the topic because I feel like not much is ever done about it. If we can prevent people with mental illnesses from getting guns, maybe there would be less shootings.
Our overall goals for our project is to raise awareness for this issue, and present what we think is a viable plan to help this growing issue. We are planning on emailing and sending letters to people who are in a place where they can advocate and potentially make changes with what we think is a viable plan going forward. We are also raising money for March For Our Lives, to help fund them and have them do what we cannot.
Although it's been difficult to reach out to people, all three of us signed up to receive emails from other students in the Metrowest area who are involved in the March For Our Lives organization that is out of California. The March For Our lives organization is a group of students who survived the Parkland High School shooting in February of 2018. We also wrote a letter about our opinions on this topic and what we think is a viable plan going forward to important people who could help us make a change. We sent emails of our letter to a few state representatives including Ed Markey, Lori Tarhan, Seth Moulton, etc. We also sent a copy to Elizabeth Warren.
We are also partnered with Sandy Hook.
One thing we are doing to try to make a change is raising money for the March For Our Lives organization. One way the community can help is to donate to our Go Fund Me using this link: march for our lives
Another way the community can help is to fill out this template with their own opinions so that we can send multiple emails from multiple different people. The most important part of this project for us is the letter are writing to state representatives because they can actually make a change. It would be even better if we had people other than the three of us to help out.
United States Senator
Massachusetts State Representatives
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