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Santa Fe students lead WAVE program, promote Gun Violence Prevention Week and resources
Summary
Student leaders from WAVE (Wellness Ambassadors to Voice and Empower) described SFPS’s Gun Violence Prevention Week, the student pledge, the Say Something reporting tool, free gun locks at school sites, a youth-created mural with augmented reality, and the district board’s reaffirmed prevention resolution.
Joe Abeyta, host of the Santa Fe Public Schools podcast, welcomed WAVE student leaders and Jen Jefferson, assistant director of student wellness, to discuss the district’s Gun Violence Prevention Week and related student-led efforts.
The WAVE program (Wellness Ambassadors to Voice and Empower) is a student-run leadership initiative that focuses on suicide prevention, gun violence prevention, substance abuse awareness and student advocacy, said Yosaline Galdamez Menhivar, a member of the WAVE Leadership Council. “The WAVE program... is definitely a program that is youth driven, and it's all about youth leadership,” she said.
Jefferson said Santa Fe Public Schools has supported gun-violence-prevention activities for more than a decade and established a local Gun Violence Prevention Week in March. The week centers on three initiatives: signing the student pledge against gun violence, using the Say Something anonymous reporting system, and encouraging students to seek help from counselors or crisis lines…
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