Discussion Paper #2

Maritza Guerrero

SOC 122 M/W 10:00 am

16 May 2018

Discussion Paper #2

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/armmewith-twitter-teachers-guns/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/health/metoo-domestic-violence-screening-tool/index.html

The first story is on teachers in response to gun violence due to the recent school shooting in Florida and President Donald Trump's solution to gun violence in schools. Their response created a new movement on social media known as the "hashtag Arm Me With," where teachers posted onto their social media pages solutions to the problem. Donald Trump's comment is what started the movement which was a comment on arming teachers with guns for safety, but this created a backlash from teachers. Teachers such as Olivia Bertels from Kansas and  Brittany Wheaton from Utah were responsible for beginning this movement. The teachers that joined the movement had some similar solutions in response to gun violence. Some of their solutions consisted of smaller class sizes and better funding. In conclusion, Wheaton states that the problem with gun violence can only be solved if other issues are being solved with it which was funding for schools.

The second story is on the "hashtag Me Too" movement. The story comments on the success the movement has had due to allowing more people to come out about their stories, but that there still isn't enough attention on domestic violence in a nationwide scale. This is argued in the story due to the case  of Rob Porter, a staff in the White House, who was accused of domestic violence. People, such as Lori Day of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, are bringing domestic violence into the forefront of attention it needs with solutions to bring awareness to the issue. The Geiger Crisis Center created a "tool" called "the Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement" that would help those suffering from domestic violence in allowing officers to see how severe the case is. The tool is in action in three cities so far. In conclude, Day and Suzanne Dubus of the Geiger Center share their positive thoughts on other movements that have been surfacing in recent times.