by Leesa Ross | Jan 22, 2020 | meetings, safety
Over the long holiday weekend I attended two events. First, on Saturday I was at the Women’s MarchATX2020 on the Capitol grounds talking to crowds about gun safety. Then, that following Monday you could find me at the Martin Luther King Celebration chatting up...
by Leesa Ross | Oct 2, 2019 | meetings
All around the UT campus, I found support for gun safety this week. High schoolers at AISD Back the Future event took free t-shirts, pens and safety swag while they pledged responsibility for firearms in their lives. Bevo strutted my shirt at the National Night Out on...
by Leesa Ross | Sep 1, 2018 | meetings
It was a day I will never forget. I’ve had days like that before. I was nervous, but that was nothing new. I used to play tennis and captained a team, before gun safety consumed my life. I knew that tennis and nerves go hand-in-hand. It didn’t matter how...
by Leesa Ross | Jul 22, 2018 | meetings, safety
Do you remember the peacock story from my last blog? Did you know that only males are actually peacocks? They’re not born with fancy feathers, they grow them as they get older. They can fly. I knew the last one because I’ve seen that peacock on the rooftop...
by Leesa Ross | May 21, 2018 | meetings, safety
With the news of another school shooting, my heart is heavy again. It is horrific that these acts of violence continue to plague our children. I know for me I will take better aim on my gun safety advocacy. I’m doing what I can for another group of victims, the...
by Leesa Ross | Dec 20, 2017 | college, meetings
I knew at some point along my journey of gun safety that I’d be speaking publicly. That petrified me, even though I recently took a workshop to prepare for speaking. The class was giving me platform-building tools, something writers need. Oh, did I mention that...
