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The GVRC Research Day
May 20, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 3:45 pm
Free
Welcome to The GVRC Research Day! During this free event on May 20th, we will showcase gun violence research being done by our leadership team, GVRC post-doctoral and doctoral students, community partners, and researchers we have funded this year. This conference is not looking to engage with simply an academic audience. Instead, we’d like this to be a truly community-engaged event, with community members, those involved in violence interruption work, policy makers, journalists, students, educators, the military, and others attending.
Opening Remarks by Senator Cory Booker and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Register here: https://hopin.com/events/the-njgvrc-research-day/registration
Who we are
The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center (GVRC) is one of just three state-funded gun violence research centers in the entire country, which means we have an important role in gun violence prevention and research. The goals of the GVRC are to conduct and fund cutting-edge scientific research on gun violence prevention, and also serve as a voice that makes scientific information available to all communities impacted by gun violence. We believe that everyone should have access to information that can save lives. The GVRC will focus on all aspects of gun violence, including both suicide and interpersonal violence. We are committed to combating racial disparities that leave Black and brown communities shouldering a disproportionate level of the burden of interpersonal gun violence, and we also aim to partner with groups like our service members and veterans who are so heavily impacted by firearm suicide.