A Safe Place with Luis D. Aponte

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A Safe Place with Luis D. Aponte

Author and filmmaker, Luis Aponte explores solutions with in-depth research and interviews with experts on how communities can help prevent the next school shooting. Sign up for updates on Luis's book, "A Safe Place: Imagining Schools without Gun Violence" at https://asafeplacebook.com/

  1. AUG 27

    Protecting Your Child from Online Dangers with Clayton Cranford

    In this interview, I had a great conversation with Clayton Cranford, a.k.a. the “Cyber Safety Cop.” Mr. Clayton is the CEO of Total Safety Solutions - an organization that specialize in Internet safety, drug use prevention assemblies for students K-12 in both public and private schools, and violence prevention through behavioral threat assessment training. He is a former school resource officer and the author of “Parenting in the Digital World” – which is currently in its 3rd edition and is n...

    32 min

  2. FEB 15

    Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide

    Happy Valentines Day. This is episode 13 and today is a special day. It’s more than just a day in which we run out at the last minute to buy flowers, a card, and a gourmet box of chocolates for that special person in our lives. It is also a day of reflection. Today, for many people in South Florida, Valentine’s Day 2024 is the 6th anniversary of the Parkland mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On this day, 6 years ago, while teenagers were exchanging Valentine’s Day ca...

    31 min

  3. 11/02/2023

    Community Partnerships & Sammy the Sasquatch

    This is podcast #12 and I am thrilled to welcome back School Emergency Management Expert, Trauma Informed Practices Consultant, former Reserve Law Enforcement Officer, and children's book author, Claire Marie!In today's episode, Claire educates us how bringing community partners together has been critical to keeping kids and parents trauma-informed, prepared, and calm during emergencies and other unexpected events. I hope you enjoy this episode and find it helpful. Share it with anyone you kn...

    21 min

  4. 10/29/2023

    There Are No School Shootings on U.S. Military Bases

    I was privileged to interview Mr. Will Griffin, Director of Communications at DoDEA. He graciously accepted my invitation to answer a few questions related why school shootings never happen on military bases. I hope you find this helpful and inspiring.

    18 min

  5. 07/06/2023

    Florida’s Open Carry Law

    On July 1st, 2023, Florida House Bill (HB) 543 went into effect. This is a law signed by Florida governor and U.S. presidential candidate, Ron Desantis which allows Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued permit. In other words, you no longer have to prove competency that you know how to use a firearm safely.The real questions are these: 1. Does this law make the public safer, or does it place innocent lives in more danger?2. Now that anyone can carry a conceale...

    12 min

  6. 06/27/2023

    Free Gun Locks at a Public Library

    In today's episode, I share with you some free gun locks I was able to get from my local public library . Gun locks are an easy way in which we can all help save lives by keeping them out of the hands of minors and anyone contemplating suicide. This free program was made possible through the city of Alexandria, Virginia's gun lock program and other suicide prevention efforts.Public libraries give out free COVID tests, masks, Band-Aids, voting registrations, and tax forms. Why not gun locks to...

    13 min

  7. 04/18/2023

    Female School Shooters, LGBTQ & Wizards of Oz

    Today's episode focuses on the recent Covenant School mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the misinformation campaign focusing on the shooter's transgender identity, instead of focusing on how he legally came into possession of the real causes of the shooting and how he obtained an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm Kel-Tec SUB2000 pistol caliber carbine, and a 9 mm Smith and Wesson M&P Shield EZ 2.0 handgun .Always demand proof and consider the source whenever the Wizards of Oz mak...

    17 min

  8. 04/09/2023

    Claire Marie, Author of Sammy the Sasquatch: Welcome to Crittertopia

    Today's special guest is children’s author and former reserve Law Enforcement officer Claire Marie. Her work spans across school emergency preparedness & management, school safety & prevention systems, non-profits, the private sector, and law enforcement mental health and wellness. She is also the author of Sammy the Sasquatch; Welcome to Crittertopia. Sammy the Sasquatch and her friends in Crittertopia gently teaches kids all about doing school lockdowns, locks, lights, o...

    26 min
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Author and filmmaker, Luis Aponte explores solutions with in-depth research and interviews with experts on how communities can help prevent the next school shooting. Sign up for updates on Luis's book, "A Safe Place: Imagining Schools without Gun Violence" at https://asafeplacebook.com/

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