Work by area youth premiere during Gun Violence Awareness Month

Published on June 18, 2024

A local production, created by area youth to raise awareness about gun violence, will be broadcast locally. "Lend Me Your Ears" also will be streamed online and on GNV TV as part of Gun Violence Awareness Month activities.

“Lend Me Your Ears Gainesville”

When: 8 p.m. Sat., June 22
Where: Community 12TV (Cox Channel 12)
Streaming: GNV TV (Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices), city website

“Lend Me Your Ears Gainesville” is a compilation by youth playwrights from the Alachua Academy and Project YouthBuild, designed to promote understanding and healing about the impacts of gun violence.

The monologues are performed by professional actors and were developed in collaboration with The Hippodrome Theatre Education Department, We the People Theater, and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. 

The production is funded, in part, by One Nation One Project GNV, the City of Gainesville’s local take on a national initiative to improve youth health and wellbeing through the arts.