Executive Director AlexisConfer on where the youth gun violence movement is headed, what she brings to the table—and what her role means for the future of AMarch4OurLives.
For all of these types of jobs, there is coalition building. For me, working with young activists has always been the most fulfilling. Young activists have such a powerful voice in pinpointing the focus that all generations should look at.For those outside the world of activism and nonprofit work, what does the role of executive director entail?We have seen this incredible momentum student activists have in March For Our Lives, and there’s still this hunger and this drive for more.
I also want everyone to feel like we are part of something larger than ourselves. There’s this question of movement identity — I want everyone to feel like we’re together, that we can share best practices across different states, that one state can talk to another figure out what’s working and what’s not. There’s already a strong base of activism and legwork that happened before I got here.
We seek to create safe spaces for people to talk about the socioeconomic structures that are playing into this, create meaningful dialogue with youth leaders, and figure out how to take this to groups at the most local level in gun violence prevention. It’s one of our top policy priorities.Gun violence is a public health issue, but it’s also a political one.
I’ll be doing a lot of listening in the beginning. There are times you’ll lead from the front and times you’ll lead from behind, helping to push barriers up the hill. I’m going to have to listen and be open but also, where I can, share experiences that get to the core of what our youth staff wants to do, and use the experience that comes from a longer career to get at the goal they want to achieve.
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