Radio Gag - The Gays Against Guns Show

Tune in as we explore Stories Beyond Statistics, Chitown GVP Summit, and Street Corner Resources! In Memoriam for 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.

Disturbed by the January 6 unsuccessful coup at the Capitol? Find out about the successful 1898 coup that eerily resembles it by taking a walk through “Wilmington’s Lie” by David Zucchino. Writer and independent publisher Wendy Jones joins RADIO GAG host Paul Rowley in the studio to discuss this little-known history. Together, we can make sure it never happens again.

This week on Radio GAG we speak about violence interruption with Iesha Sekou of Street Corner Resources. SCR works in Harlem to "Speak Peace Forward" and break the cycle of violence, trauma and retaliation. In Remembrance: Aiden Wolfe, age ten, victim of child abuse. And Author Crystal McCreary shares mindfulness from her "Little Yogi Deck", techniques for children and youth to process emotional trauma.

Radio GAG this week covers the action taking place in the streets and in our Congress. As our nation and communities in Georgia and Colorado react to the devastating mass killings of this week, there is already legislation moving into the Senate that will reduce gun violence. Radio GAG remembers the victims on this show and on the Gays Against Guns Human Beings facebook page. We cover the GAG response in an action at the New York Public Library Main Branch and how the media defines a mass shooting. Ti Cersley hosts, Paul Rowley and Sarah Germain Lilly contribute.

Featured Guests: Mom's Demand Action discuss the rise in everyday gun deaths and the legislation needed to stop it.

This week’s show we’ll discuss White Supremacy in the Military over the last few years and what the Pentagon can do about it. Host Ti Cersley speaks to fellow Air Force veteran Omar, about how Black Veterans have been Targeted throughout our country's history.

This week we talk to members of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about the continuum of violence from handguns to nuclear weapons. In Memoriam: Jarred James Sykes January 17, 2021.

Hosts Sarah Germain Lily and Jay W. Walker celebrate our newest Fierce Kween, Carolyn B. Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 12th congressional district. Congresswoman Maloney has pushed several key bills to crack down on gun violence by making gun trafficking illegal. In memoriam: Gabriel Alexis Henderson, 25 years old, 2/15/21, Cornelius, North Carolina.

Radio GAG hosts the Parkland Trauma Anniversary Show. Interviews with Manuel and Patricia Oliver whose son, Joaquin inspired them to create "Change the Ref", to stop gun violence and save lives. And author Hana Bajramovic on her book for young adults called "Whose Right is it? The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns".

This week, host Ti Cersley discusses the demands of the gun violence prevention movement with a Biden/Harris administration, soaring gun sales and how activists are adapting. Special Book offer “Grace Will Lead Us Home” by Jennifer Berry Hawes. Proceeds fund Scholarships for young journalists of color. Works for Charleston SC Post and Courier

This week Radio GAG honors Gun Violence Survivors Week in our new timeslot Tuesdays at 2:30 We talk with our friend Antonius Wiriadjaja activist and former Fulbright Scholar about his survival story. Then Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes tells us about the community in recovery from the mass killing at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white supremacist teenager. Special Book offer “Grace Will Lead Us Home” by Jennifer Berry Hawes. Proceeds fund Scholarships for young journalists of color. Works for Charleston SC Post and Courier

This week Radio GAG honors Gun Violence Survivors Week in our new timeslot Tuesdays at 2:30 We talk with our friend Antonius Wiriadjaja activist and former Fulbright Scholar about his survival story. Then Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes tells us about the community in recovery from the mass killing at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white supremacist teenager. Special Book offer “Grace Will Lead Us Home” by Jennifer Berry Hawes. Proceeds fund Scholarships for young journalists of color. Works for Charleston SC Post and Courier

White Supremacy is not patriotism! This week we discuss white rioters invading of the US Capitol. In a roundtable discussion we contrast the police handling of these domestic terrorists with our own personal experiences of police violence at peaceful demonstrations - highlighting the differences between civil disobedience and what we saw in D.C. this week. With more guns in this country than people - what are we likely to be facing with the unprecedented surge in gun sales during COVID, and the rise of internet enabled armed militias and hate groups? And what does this mean for activists, journalists, and everyday folk expressing their options on public social media platforms? Plus all the up to the minute news from the gun violence prevention community.

This week on RADIO GAG our special guest is author Sebene Selassie who joins host Paul Rowley to talk about her brand new book YOU BELONG. The book is a joyous celebration of togetherness and connection - something that has been stripped away from us especially in the past four years. How do we overcome divisiveness? With many of us exhausted after the last four years what does belonging mean for activists and those who are fighting for justice? And how can belonging connect us in a way to fight gun violence? And as always we bring you the latest news from the gun violence prevention movement and our weekly In Memoriam where we honor a life lost to gun. “With grace, intelligence, and palpable compassion, Selassie weaves discussions of implicit bias, intergenerational trauma, and white supremacy throughout her coverage of more traditional spiritual topics, such as ego and conscious awareness. This is a powerful work of spirituality and anti-racism.” Publisher's Weekly "To belong is also to acknowledge

Hosts Sarah Germain Lilly and Ti Cersley discuss the latest in gun violence news and how the Biden/Harris transition Team is working with GVP groups to prepare for their administration. In Memoriam: Leighton Owings, 2years old, 12/15/20. Fairmount, Indiana. Sing Out Louise! sings... "Rudolph the Gun Shot Victim".

Sarah Germain Lily is joined by Po Murray from Newtown Alliance and will be discussing marking 8 years since Sandy Hook. Fellow GAGgers Jay Walker and Paul Rowley dive into American denialism concerning gun violence and our nation's history. In Memoriam Noah Pozner 6 years old 12/14/12

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This week we discuss the increased violence against transgender people in the U.S while honoring their lives in life and death. 'In Memoriam' Asia Jynaé Foster 22 yers old, 11/20/2020 Houston, Texas. Jay W. Walker's speech from Trans Day of Remembrance at Stonewall Inn. The National GVP Coalition, with over 70 GVP groups, sent the Biden/Harris Transition Team recommendations for executive action. Join your host Ti Cersley and guest Michael Sylvan Robinson for this and more in this week's Radio GAG, the Gays Against Guns show. CORRECTION: In 2020, 43,517 people died by gun violence. Total Number of Injuries were 39,424.

This week openly carrying guns near polling places. Contact (866-OUR-VOTE) 866ourvote.org 'In Memoriam' Brayan Zazala 13 year old from Georgia. Jay W. Walker's speech from Ruckus Vote 2020. Join your host Ti Cersley and guest Marti Cummings for this and more in this week's Radio GAG, the Gays Against Guns show.

Join Gays Against Guns (GAG) members as we discuss the state of American politics and the latest in gun violence prevention news. This week in our continuing coverage of Washington D.C. and Election 2020 and its implications, we'll take a look into Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s controversial positions on gun-related cases. There's so much at stake for the nation's highest court. Paul Rowley & Kevin Hertzog discuss the "zero degrees of separation" between Americans and gun violence with a personal account of someone lost to gun violence with an 'In Memoriam' of another tragic loss of someone to gun violence. And GAG members recently travelled to Washington, D.C. this past weekend for The Women's March. Catch a recap of our actions, because our voices together are more powerful than one! There's too much at stake to sit on the sidelines - and that's why GAG takes to the streets.