Local productions by area youth premiere during Gun Violence Awareness Month

Press release from City of Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two local productions, created by area youth to raise awareness about gun violence, will be broadcast locally and streamed online and on GNV TV as part of Gun Violence Awareness Month activities.

“Lend Me Your Ears Gainesville”
When: 8 p.m. Sat., June 22
Where: Community 12TV (Cox Channel 12)
Streaming: GNV TV (Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices), City website

“Lend Me Your Ears Gainesville” is a compilation by youth playwrights from the Alachua Academy and the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association, designed to promote understanding and healing about the impacts of gun violence.

The monologues are performed by professional actors and were developed in collaboration with The Hippodrome Theatre Education Department, We the People Theater, and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding.

“The Life Story of Christopher Scott: Gun Violence is Preventable”
When: 8 p.m. Sat., June 29
Where: Community 12TV (Cox Channel 12)
Streaming: GNV TV (Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices), City website

“The Life Story of Christopher Scott: Gun Violence is Preventable” is a documentary produced by youth about the impacts of gun violence following the death of 13-year old Christopher Scott, who was killed in the local American Legion Hall shooting in 2021.

The project was produced by Filming with a Purpose, an after-school program of Dream on Purpose, Inc., where students explored the issue of gun violence with a mental health counselor.

Both productions are funded, in part, by One Nation One Project GNV, the City of Gainesville’s local take on a national initiative to improve youth health and wellbeing through the arts.

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