The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence is a national program that honors the role that young people, through their own decisions, can play in reducing gun violence.  This campaign against youth gun violence culminates each year on a Day of National Concern about Young People and Gun Violence. The program provides a means for beginning the conversation with young people about gun violence.  By giving students a common pledge and the choice to sign it in the company of their peers, while knowing that students across the country are doing the same, collectively helps young people understand that they too can make a difference in the reduction of gun violence in their area and across their community. The 2008 Student Pledge Against Gun Violence will take place on Wednesday, October 22nd.

What is it?

A national observance giving students throughout the country the chance to sign a voluntary promise that they will:

• Never carry a gun to school
• Never resolve a dispute with a gun
• Use their influence with their friends to keep them from resolving disputes with guns.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to the strengthening of youth gun violence prevention programs such as the Student Pledge in the Northern District of Indiana. As a result, the Office has pledged its commitment by providing pledge materials for the National Day of Concern to agencies within the District. For more information, please contact the L.E.C.C. program at (219) 937-5500.

Click here for the 2007 Student Pledge Against Gun Violence Brochure.

Click here to visit the Student Pledge Against Gun Violence National Website.