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    Paris “Tree” Brown

    Gun Violence Prevention Activist with Good Kids Mad City

    Paris “Tree” Brown is a 25 year old artist and activist from the west side of Chicago. He became an activist on July 1, 2012, the day he was shot and paralyzed. Since then, he’s incorporated social change into everything he does, including his music and his youth development work. Over the past four years, he’s run an after school program centered around drug abuse and violence, teaching young people how to research and analyze data on issues affecting their communities. As a member of Good Kids Mad City (GKMC), he currently cultivates restorative justice practices at Youth Connection Leadership Academy Alternative high school and other Youth Connection Charter schools around the city.

    Paris “Tree” Brown, a 25-year-old man, sits in a wheelchair

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      Did you know?

      Every day, more than 120 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average was developed using four years of the most recent available data: 2018 to 2021.

      Last updated: 2.13.2023