Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's create a victim of gun violence quilt
In the early '90s I volunteered at an AIDS quilt event and it was emotionally devastating.
Maybe we should do the same thing for victims of gun violence.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
11 replies, 1012 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (8)
ReplyReply to this post
11 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Let's create a victim of gun violence quilt (Original Post)
Pryderi
Sep 2013
OP
Follow the same blueprint. Tell the story of a victim in a quilt square. see link
Pryderi
Sep 2013
#4
babylonsister
(171,057 posts)1. I think that's not a bad idea. There are so many. :( nt
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)2. 30,000/year. n/t
handmade34
(22,756 posts)3. I'm interested...
ideas???
edit to add link to 1993 quilt
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19930728&id=0KokAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5775,7024285
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)4. Follow the same blueprint. Tell the story of a victim in a quilt square. see link
a quilt for each year since 1993... so many names
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)7. I'm willing to bet that the loved ones of the victims would want to
tell their story in a quilt square.
Pryderi
(6,772 posts)5. Nice link! Wasn't that when the Brady Bill was passed? n/t
msongs
(67,395 posts)8. make that a "victim of gun owners" quilt would be more accurate since as we hear over and over,
guns don't kill people, people do.
gopiscrap
(23,757 posts)9. I saw one of those quilts at Columbia U in NYC in April of 1995
pretty impressive....yes, let's do it.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)10. 20 1st graders got mowed down and nothing was done
A quilt won't get anything done.
I was hopeful that the Sandy Hook tragedy would've changed things, but it didn't.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)11. It would stretch from sea to shining sea and back again.