Drick Boyd, Author at Journal of Urban Mission

Drick Boyd

Drick Boyd is Professor Emeritus of Urban & Interdisciplinary Studies from Eastern University in St. Davids, PA. He is a long time gun violence prevention activist and currently works as a community educator and restorative justice practitioner in Philadelphia, PA. He is the author of several articles and books including a study of gun violence for the Mennonite Central Committee entitled David and Goliath: Faith-Based Approaches to Gun Violence Prevention.

The Role of Faith in Addressing Gun Violence: A Change of Perspective

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The Initial Victory In 2009, on a bitterly cold January afternoon, I joined eleven others in a civil disobedience action against a gun shop in Philadelphia. At the time this gun shop was reputed to be the fifth largest seller of illegal guns in the United States through a process called “straw purchasing.” Straw purchasers […]

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Drick Boyd

The Role of Faith in Addressing Gun Violence: A Change of Perspective

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