End Community Violence Now (ECVN), the state of Delaware’s community-based Office of Violence Prevention, OUTLOUD, and Nonviolent Seaford are just some of the organizations looking to reduce violence in Delaware and address the issues that lead to violence.

“School shootings is just a small part of the violence going on in our schools,” said Beth Kopicki of Nonviolent Seaford. Kopicki pointed out that Seaford is second in the state in people incarcerated per capita while Laurel has higher than average poverty. Kopicki was a teacher for over 40 years. At the end of her career, she had to do active shooter drills with 5 – 6-year-old second language learners in Laurel, telling them they had to hide behind desk and throw books and staplers at bad guys with guns.