U.S. Constitution Versus the Safety of Students: Tackling Gun Violence in Educational Settings

Gun violence in schools and educational settings is a prominent issue in American society, with over 4,000 students, as young as children and teenagers, shot and killed and more than 17,000 shot and seriously wounded every single year.

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Catrina Chen

October 24, 2024

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Catrina Chen

2024 Summer Fellow

Born and raised in New York City, Catrina is a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School and has an avid passion for civics, law, international relations, public policy, politics, and so much more. In addition to being a graduated fellow from the Youth in Policy fellowship (and a current intern in the Effective Discourse internship), she is a Senior Lead Fellow at the YVote Civic Fellowship, a graduated fellow from Civics Unplugged's Civic Innovators Fellowship, and one of the 20 nationally-selected Youth Civic Leaders at Citizen University's National Youth Collaboratory. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and hanging out with her friends.

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Catrina Chen

Other Fellowship Capstones

Arts For All: The Logistics Behind Promoting Equal Access to Arts Education

Improving Students Mental Health Through School Counseling

Implicit Bias in the Continuum of Emergency Care: From EMS Response to Hospital Treatment