{"id":8383,"date":"2025-09-11T16:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:11:13","slug":"peace-economy-project-responds-to-evergreen-high-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/peace-economy-project-responds-to-evergreen-high-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Economy Project Responds to Evergreen High School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">We are heartsick to learn that two students were shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado on Sept. 10. Officials report the shooter\u2014 a student at the school\u2014later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2025\/09\/10\/evergreen-high-school-shooting\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado Public Radio+1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is at least the <strong>47th<\/strong> U.S. school shooting this year. Our children deserve classrooms, not combat zones. <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/2025\/09\/10\/school-shootings-in-the-us-fast-facts\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KYMA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We stand with the Evergreen community and with all students, educators, and families living with trauma and fear. As a St. Louis\u2013based organization working to redirect resources from violence to community well-being, we renew our call for proven policies that prevent gun violence and resist the broader militarization that normalizes it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Secure storage &amp; child-access prevention<\/strong> laws, with real accountability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Extreme Risk Protection Orders (\u201cred flag\u201d laws)<\/strong>, implemented with community education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Universal background checks<\/strong> and closing loopholes (including private sales\/ghost guns).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Age restrictions<\/strong> on purchase\/possession of the most lethal weapons and high-capacity magazines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Investments in <strong>school-based counselors, trauma-informed supports, and threat-assessment teams<\/strong>, not more hardware or militarized responses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Community Violence Intervention (CVI)<\/strong> funding scaled where students live and learn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Support for efforts to <strong>counter online radicalization<\/strong> pathways targeting youth, paired with media literacy and mental-health supports. Recent reporting indicates the Colorado shooter had been \u201cradicalized by an extremist network,\u201d underscoring this urgent need. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/3f4fc4338247a661874060e06cb16f43?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AP News+2ABC News+2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We grieve. And we organize. PEP will continue advocating for budgets that prioritize schools, health, and housing over weapons\u2014because safety is built, not policed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Media contact:<\/strong> Peace Economy Project \u00b7 <a>peaceeconomyproject@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are heartsick to learn that two students were shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado on Sept. 10. Officials report the shooter\u2014 a student at the school\u2014later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Colorado Public Radio+1 This is at least the 47th U.S. school shooting this year. Our children deserve classrooms, not combat zones. 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