Voices of Gun Violence

September 01, 2017–January 01, 2024

Voices of Gun Violence is a living archive of stories of gun violence that impact individuals, families, and communities. This academic and community collaboration seeks to share stories to promote healing, understanding, and community action.

Contact Info

HarrisL@uwm.edu

About the Project

Collaborators

  • Project Lead

    Leslie J. Harris

    Professor

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Project Lead

    Erin Sahlstein Parcell

    Professor

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Project Lead

    Debra Gillispie

    Founder

    Mothers Against Gun Violence

  • Project Lead

    Portia Cobb

    Associate Professor

    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Geography

Wisconsin

On the Web

https://sites.uwm.edu/gunviolenceproject/

Awards

Central States Communication Association Federation Prize (2019)

Partnerships

Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Research was supported by a grant from Villanova University’s Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society (WFI). Support has been provided by the National Communication Association‘s Advancing the Discipline Grant. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has supported The Gun Violence Project through the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program and the Collaborative Research Team Development Award. Support has been provided by Queer Curatorial Fund of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres.