Shared Humanity

Yale School of Public Health
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Host Nelba Márquez-Greene talks to the humans behind the headlines of gun violence in a moment in history where all too often we focus on everything but our shared humanity.

  1. School Nurses as Public Health Advocates

    10/08/2025

    School Nurses as Public Health Advocates

    Host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health Community Scholar, is joined by "The Relentless School Nurse," Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN. Cogan is in her 25th year as a school nurse in the Camden City School District in New Jersey. She discusses how her family experienced multiple mass shootings seven decades and multiple generations apart, the critical role of school nurses in public health, and the overlaps between COVID safety and gun safety in schools.   Cogan also teaches the next generation of school nurses and is an inaugural member of Brady United's newest advocacy arm, This Is Our Lane. In her blog, "The Relentless School Nurse," she addresses critical issues, including firearm violence prevention, health equity, and school nursing advocacy.

    45 min
  2. 12: Honoring My Dad

    08/04/2025

    12: Honoring My Dad

    Six years ago this week, a young person radicalized by anti-immigrant rhetoric, armed with an AR-15, entered a Walmart in El Paso. He murdered 23 human beings, and he physically injured another 22. He changed the lives of millions. On that same day, Stephanie Melendez's parents had volunteered to take her eldest daughter shopping. Stephanie's dad, David Johnson, saved the lives of his wife and granddaughter. He was one of the 23 killed at the Walmart in El Paso on a random day in the United States.   On today's episode of Shared Humanity: The Humans Behind the Headlines, Melendez remembers her father. She talks to host Nelba Márquez-Greene about how her family is doing in their "new regular" (with the help of a biker organization), coping with a mass tragedy motivated by hatred, and how she talks to her children about what happened.   When asked how we can best honor her dad, Melendez said, "Just be kind and don't forget."   Listen to their full conversation now wherever you get your podcasts.   Link from this episode: https://guardiansofthechildren.com/   Learn more about Shared Humanity: https://sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity

    31 min
  3. 11: On Healing Trauma and Gun Violence

    06/06/2025

    11: On Healing Trauma and Gun Violence

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, LMFT, Yale School of Public Health Community Scholar, is joined by Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, Principal of the Neurosequential Network.   Dr. Perry's work on the impact of abuse, neglect, and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs, and policy across the world. His most recent book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, has been translated into 26 languages and has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for over 100 weeks.   He is also a primary responder to many communities that have been impacted by gun violence.   Márquez-Greene and Perry discuss shifting mental health work to a public health model, the impact of early childhood experience on long-term wellness, and healing trauma.   Links from this episode: www.neurosequential.com    Learn more about Shared Humanity: sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity

    52 min
  4. 10: Uvalde, Activism, and Remembering

    05/23/2025

    10: Uvalde, Activism, and Remembering

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene is joined by Kimberly Mata-Rubio. Mata-Rubio is the mother of Alexandria Aniyah "Lexi" Rubio, one of 21 victims who died in a mass shooting three years ago this week at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX. Mata-Rubio and Márquez-Greene, who are both mothers of daughters who were killed during school shootings, discuss remembering and making change possible. Mata-Rubio is the president of Lives Robbed, a non-profit organization formed to combat the gun violence epidemic in America. Follow along at @livesrobbed.  Links from this episode: livesrobbed.com Learn more about Shared Humanity: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

    24 min
  5. 09: What We Learned From the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    04/16/2025

    09: What We Learned From the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health Community Scholar, is joined by the two former deputy directors of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, Gregory Jackson and Rob Wilcox. They discuss the successes of the Office — we saw the biggest reduction in gun violence in U.S. history — and how those accomplishments can continue to be replicated, even after the Office's closure. "We have the solutions that work," said Wilcox. "We just need to put them in place." Learn more about Shared Humanity: https://sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity Follow the Yale School of Public Health:  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/yalesph.bsky.social  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yalesph/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YaleSPH/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/yalesph/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@yalesph TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yalesph

    41 min
  6. 08: Firearm Injury, Public Health, and Hope

    12/11/2024

    08: Firearm Injury, Public Health, and Hope

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, is joined by Megan L. Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. The two discuss firearm injury as a public health issue, partnerships between academia, survivors, and communities, and how they continue to find hope. The episode was recorded the week before the twelfth anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook School, where Márquez-Greene's daughter, Ana Grace, 6, was one of 20 students and six administrators and teachers who were killed.   Learn more about Yale School of Public Health's firearm injury prevention work: sph.yale.edu/fip   Sign up for our mailing list by reaching out to fip.ysph@yale.edu   Learn more about Shared Humanity: sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity   Follow the Yale School of Public Health:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yalesph/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YaleSPH/  X: https://twitter.com/YaleSPH  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yalesph  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/yalesph/  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@yalesph    #SharedHumanity #YaleSPH

    58 min
  7. 07: Somewhere in America - Gun Violence and Grief 20 Years Later

    11/13/2024

    07: Somewhere in America - Gun Violence and Grief 20 Years Later

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health Activist in Residence, is joined by gun violence survivor and gun violence prevention advocate Tara Donnelly. Donnelly lost both her mother and father on February 2, 2005 when they were killed in a shooting at their family jewelry store in Fairfield, Connecticut. The person who committed the crime stole the gun from an unlocked nightstand in a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Donnelly discusses grief 20 years later, becoming a parent without parents, expanding Ethan's Law in Connecticut to require gun owners to secure firearms in all homes, not just homes with minors, and her GV Angels holiday drive. This episode also features snippets of the song "Somewhere in America" by Tara's brother Eric Donnelly and his band the Alternate Routes. To support GV Angels, email GVAngelsCT@gmail.com. Learn more about Shared Humanity: https://sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity Follow the Yale School of Public Health: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yalesph/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YaleSPH/ X: https://twitter.com/YaleSPH TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yalesph LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/yalesph/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@yalesph #SharedHumanity #YaleSPH

    36 min
  8. 06: The Shooting at Mother Emanuel – One Survivor's Story

    10/23/2024

    06: The Shooting at Mother Emanuel – One Survivor's Story

    In this episode of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health Activist in Residence, is joined by Reverend Sharon Washington Risher. Reverend Risher was catapulted into the limelight after the Charleston, South Carolina shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015. Her beloved mother, Mrs. Ethel Lee Lance, was killed along with eight others – including two cousins and a childhood friend.   Today she is a sought-after inspirational speaker, traveling across the country telling her personal experience of losing loved ones to gun violence, racism, and hate in America, as well as the path to forgiveness and an offering of hope for tomorrow. Her book, For Such A Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness After the Charleston Massacre, was released in 2019.   Risher is a volunteer spokesperson for MOMS Demand Gun Sense and the Everytown Survivor Network, two of the largest grassroots advocacy groups for common-sense gun laws and reform in America. She is also a volunteer and Chairwoman of the Board of the Death Penalty Action Organization. Winner of the Bronze Film Festival Short Doc category- Best Short Film, "Quiet No More", produced by Blue Chalk Media, tells Risher's story.   Risher has published articles with the Washington Post, New York Times, and Oprah Daily, and has appeared on national news.   Connect with Reverend Sharon Risher www.sharonrisherspeaks.com twitter@RisherRev Facebook, sharonrisherspeaks   Learn more about Shared Humanity: https://sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity    Follow the Yale School of Public Health:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yalesph/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YaleSPH/  X: https://twitter.com/YaleSPH  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yalesph  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/yalesph/  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@yalesph

    34 min
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Host Nelba Márquez-Greene talks to the humans behind the headlines of gun violence in a moment in history where all too often we focus on everything but our shared humanity.

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  • Creator
    Yale School of Public Health
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    13
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    © 2024
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