The Deadly Intersection of White Supremacy and Firearms

About the Symposium

This is an all-day virtual symposium on the complex and deadly intersection of white supremacy, political violence, guns and the Second Amendment co-hosted by the Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. 

The webcast was live streamed on February 9, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST

The Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and the Department of Health Policy and Management co-hosted a virtual symposium on the deadly intersection of white supremacy and firearms. The merging of white supremacy, political violence, guns and the Second Amendment is both deadly and complex. Expert panelists and presenters will break down the problem and discuss evidence-based solutions that can have an impact on the local, state and federal levels.

Symposium Agenda

Introduction and Welcome | 9-9:30 AM ET

Plenary session 1 | 9:30-10:30 AM ET: "Hate Plus a Gun is Deadly" with Reverend Sharon Risher whose mother, Ethel Lance and her cousins Tywanza Sanders and Susie Jackson, were murdered by a white supremacist at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015.

Moderated by Janel Cubbage, MPH, MHS, LPC, Strategic Partnerships and Equity Manager, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Panel 1 | 10:45-12:15 PM ET: "Youth Attitudes Towards Firearms: Racial Resentment, Misogyny, and Attraction to Guns" with Rae Jereza, PhD, American University Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab; Daniel Relihan, American University Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab; Paige Tetens, Research Department, Everytown for Gun Safety; Justin Wagner, Investigations Department, Everytown for Gun Safety.

Moderated by Liliana Mason, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Panel 2 | 1:15-2:45 PM ET: “Guns, Racism, and Extremism in the United States” with Garen Wintemute, Director of the University of California Firearm Injury Center; Edelyn Verona, professor of psychology at the University of South Florida and Co-Director of the University's Center for Justice Research & Policy; Alexandra Filindra, associate professor of political science and psychology at the University of Chicago Illinois; and Angela Stroud, associate professor of sociology and social justice at Northland College. 

Moderated by Kelly Roskam, JD, Director of Law and Policy, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Panel 3 |  3-4:30 PM ET: "Race, Gun Violence, and the Second Amendment: Perspectives From Legal Theory" with Gregory Magarian, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law; Joseph Blocher, Duke University School of Law and the Duke University Firearms Law Center; Reva Siegel, Yale Law School; and Darrell Miller, Duke University School of Law and the Duke University Firearms Law Center.

Moderated by Tim Carey, JD, Law and Policy Advisory, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

Symposium Hosts
 

Michelle Spencer, MS

Associate Director
Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Janel Cubbage, MPH, MS, LCPC

Strategic Partnerships and Equity Program Manager
Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Josh Horwitz, JD

Dana Feitler Professor of the Practice in Gun Violence Prevention and Advocacy
Co-director
Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Symposium Moderators

Liliana Mason, PhD

Associate Professor of Political Science
SNF Agora Institute
Johns Hopkins University 

Kelly Roskam, JD

Director of Law and Policy
Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Tim Carey, JD

Law and Policy Advisor
Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health