Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence

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Thursday
April 20
2023

Giving Oxygen to Hope: TNGV Documentary Screening at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Hospitals around the country have an obligation to train a generation of healthcare workers, physicians, nurses, social workers, to view gun violence as a major public health crisis – perhaps the public health crisis of our generation.”

Wednesday
April 5
2023

Spring Social Impact Studios: April Updates

The Spring Semester Studios have reached the half-way point, with the students gaining more insight from community partners and other guest speakers, getting hands-on experience, and taking field trips into various communities.

Thursday
March 30
2023

March 2023 Newsletter

Join us for three spring events

Thursday
March 9
2023

Quiet Rooms Documentary Screening at Boston City Hall

On Wednesday, March 1, the documentary was screened at Boston City Hall, bringing the film’s stories and perspectives of gun violence survivors directly to the city’s policymakers for the first time.

Thursday
February 23
2023

Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence through Journalism and Theatre in Spring Social Impact Studios

This semester, our Social Impact Studios will use journalism, theatre, and documentary filmmaking to transform narratives of gun violence in Boston in conjunction with community partners.

Wednesday
January 18
2023

Introducing Boston Uncornered: New Collaborative Documentary Studio Partner for Spring 2023

This new year, Emerson College’s Engagement Lab welcomes Boston Uncornered as a new partner in the Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence Initiative. Boston Uncornered will join Emerson’s Collaborative Documentary Studio (VM331 / SI300) for the spring semester, with representatives from the organization collaborating directly with Emerson students toward the realization of a documentary project.

Thursday
December 15
2022

December 2022 Newsletter

Check out the December edition of the TNGV Newsletter, celebrating one year of the initiative.

Tuesday
November 29
2022

November 2022 Newsletter

Check out the November edition of the TNGV Newsletter

Tuesday
November 8
2022

A Glimpse at This Semester’s Fall Studios

Read about this year’s fall studios taught by Professors Eric Gordon and David Kelleher. Both professors talk about community engagement opportunities while students share what this immersive experience has been like so far.

Tuesday
October 18
2022

Quiet Rooms documentary reframes the narrative about gun violence in Boston

Carla Sheffield remembers the day 10 years ago when she learned her son had been fatally shot by a Boston police officer after a routine traffic stop in the South End...

Thursday
June 16
2022

June 2022 Newsletter

Check out the latest edition of the TNGV Newsletter.

Wednesday
June 15
2022

Healing families of those killed by gun violence

Outside of trauma rooms in hospitals around the country, there is a place that those in the medical field call the “quiet room.” According to...

Wednesday
May 11
2022

May 2022 Newsletter

Check out the latest edition of the TNGV Newsletter.

Saturday
April 23
2022

Social Impact Studio Uses Filmmaking to Flip the Script on Gun Violence

In the fast-paced, ever-changing media landscape of today, the Engagement Lab at Emerson College works to understand and design media that challenges old, harmful narratives of social justice issues.