Change the Ref, Inc.: The lost class

Change the Ref, a non-profit garnered significant news coverage with ‘The Lost Class’, which invited pro-gun advocates to speak at a student-less commencement ceremony to highlight lives lost to gun violence.

Executive Summary

In the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting, the horrors of gun violence are temporarily imprinted on our collective consciousness. But any preoccupation is short-lived, typically fading into the background of our lives. When the headlines disappear, so, too, does our eagerness to tackle the issue.

But gun violence is a public health crisis that isn't going away. So how can you make a numbed populace treat this very real issue like the epidemic that it is?

Change the Ref, started by parents of a victim of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting, invited two staunch...

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