{"id":56032,"date":"2018-03-14T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=56032"},"modified":"2018-03-14T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:47:53","slug":"bumc-students-organize-walkout-in-support-of-enough-gun-violence-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2018\/03\/14\/bumc-students-organize-walkout-in-support-of-enough-gun-violence-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"BUMC Students Organize Walkout in Support of #ENOUGH, Gun Violence Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/03\/com-walkout.jpg\" alt=\"com walkout\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56034\" width=\"960\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/03\/com-walkout.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/03\/com-walkout-636x344.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/03\/com-walkout-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, March 14, more than 300 Boston University Medical Campus students, faculty and staff walked out of their classes and offices in their white coats or adorned in orange to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of gun violence in Parkland, Fla., and other cities and towns around the country.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBUMedicine%2Fvideos%2F2038203946209333%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch the walkout on Facebook live!<\/p>\n<p>The walkout was a combination memorial and protest action. Participants wanted to honor the lives of the 17 killed at Parkland\u2019s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, as well as send a message to state and federal lawmakers to pass stricter gun control laws.\u00a0 See the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2FSDupK\">Facebook album<\/a> for more images of the walkout.<\/p>\n<p>The walkout, held at 10 a.m., was one of more than 3000 that occurred simultaneously across each time zone at locations across the country as part of a national program called \u201c#Enough: National School Walkout,\u201d which was coordinated by young people within Women\u2019s March Youth Empower. The BUMC event was a joint effort between BUSM medical students and the BUSPH Activist Lab, with participation from Boston Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Event speakers included Eileen Costello, Chief of Ambulatory Pedicatrics, Boston Medical Center and BUSM Instructor of Medicine; Harold Cox,\u00a0 BUSPH Associate Dean of the Public Health Practice and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences; Anita Knopov, BUSM \u201819; Aldina Mesic, BUSPH \u201818; Rebecca Webb, BUSM \u201820.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here today because 17 people were killed.\u00a0 Seventeen people lost their lives because of a senseless, selfish act by a person with a gun.\u00a0 This has happened again and again.\u00a0 We are here to say one simple word, \u2018Enough!\u2019, said Cox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs medical professionals we know that the problem of gun violence goes far beyond the mass shootings covered by the media.\u00a0 We know that there were nearly 38,000 gun deaths in the United States in 2016.\u00a0 We know that firearms are the third-leading cause of death for children in the US.\u00a0 We know that on average, 96 people die from firearm-related injuries every day,\u201d Webb said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Boston Medical Center, we understand the tremendous impact the gun epidemic has on the communities we serve.\u00a0 As the largest safety net hospital in New England and a Level 1 trauma center, we treat the victims of gun violence on a daily basis..(and want) to remind the world that Gun Reform is Healthcare Reform, and that Gun violence is a Public Health Issue,\u201d said Webb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we stand here to say, \u2018Enough.\u2019 \u00a0We say enough to an endless cycle of violence and inaction.\u00a0 We say enough to the undue influence of the NRA.\u00a0 We say enough congressional inaction,\u201d said Mesic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us not forget the inspiring example set by the students of Stoneman Douglas High School, who in the face of tragedy have mobilized.\u00a0 They have used the national spotlight to urge political and corporate leaders to address gun violence.\u00a0 They have pressured dozens of companies into cutting ties with the NRA.\u00a0 They have pushed retailers to restrict the sales of assault rifles. Their tireless effort has shifted our national dialog and have brought us here to the national school walkout,\u201d said Knopov.<\/p>\n<p>The walkout was followed by a BUSPH Dean\u2019s Seminar, \u201c#Enough: Community Forum on Gun Violence. Moderated by Cox the panelists included David Jones, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy &amp; Management; Michael Siegel, Professor of Community Health Sciences; Michael Ulrich, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy &amp; Management; and Ziming Xuan, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 300 BUMC students, faculty and staff walked out of their classes and offices in their white coats or adorned in orange to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of gun violence in Parkland, Fla., and other cities and towns around the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,91,123],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56036,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56032\/revisions\/56036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}