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Montel Williams Hosts a National Tour to Stop School Shootings
The Only Way Out Is Through, Safer Schools, Stronger Communities. Public forums bringing communities together to find solutions. We want to reach these children before they reach for a gun.
United States
The Only Way Out Is Through: Safer Schools, Stronger Communities, hosted by humanitarian, veteran, author and Emmy Award Winner Montel Williams, is built around a multidisciplinary approach. Our forums bring together survivors, educators, students, mental health professionals, law enforcement, policymakers and community leaders to develop practical solutions that can help prevent violence, address trauma and protect our children, teachers and school staff.
No more school shootings.
No more lives stolen.
No more posters filled with smiling, hope-filled faces of innocent children, teachers and school staff who will never have a chance to fulfill their dreams.
No more tragedies.
Together, we WILL be that change.
Together, we WILL be that change.
Not only will we invite the public to attend, at no charge, but the event will also be live streamed on ABSOLUTELY INDIE NETWORK, which streams on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, increasing our potential to reach millions of people. The forum will also be archived on Absolutely Indie Network and available to viewers at no charge, further increasing its potential reach.
We held a forum in Denver in April, reaching out to the community that suffered through and continues to live with the impact of the Columbine High School shooting.
Our next forum will be held on November 12, 2026, in Broward County, Florida, near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Future cities planned for our National Tour: Uvalde, Texas, Sandy Hook, Connecticut, Minneapolis, MN, Winder, GA, Blacksburg, VA and sadly more cities as well.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE THIS VITAL NATIONAL TOUR
Your donation will help us bring these forums into communities across the country, keep them free and accessible to the public, film and livestream the conversations, and preserve each forum so the ideas, resources and solutions developed in one community can reach people far beyond the room.
Our goal is $18,000. Every contribution, no matter the amount, helps us move this work forward and bring another community to the table.
We want to reach these children before they reach for a gun.
Our growing panel reflects the multidisciplinary approach of the forum:
Debbi Hixon, Broward County School Board Member and longtime educator, brings the perspective of Broward's schools, policy, prevention systems and school safety. She also brings a deeply personal understanding of the consequences of school violence. Her husband, Chris Hixon, was killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Katherine Keneally, of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, brings research and prevention expertise, including the forces that can contribute to radicalization and pathways toward violence.
Rebecca Jarquin, LCSW, of Eagles' Haven Wellness Center, brings the mental health, trauma and recovery perspective, including the long-term impact of school violence on survivors, families and communities. Her team has been working with the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas tragedy who are still suffering with PTSD and are trying to find their way out.
Roosevelt McClary III, Vice President for Education Support Professionals with the Broward Teachers Union, brings the vital perspective of the front-line school employees who work with students every day. His experience includes working directly with students as a classroom assistant and behavioral technician, as well as years of advocating for Broward's education support professionals. Roosevelt works with people who face these challenges every day. His perspective on what school employees experience daily is important to understanding the underlying issue of the lack of mental health resources for students in schools today.
Each panelist has been selected because they bring a different piece of this very complicated problem to the table.
We will also have a live Q&A at the end. This portion of the forum proved to be a very powerful part of the Denver Forum, where our community members were able to address their concerns, fears and ideas.
Our mission is to bring people together who may have very different experiences and perspectives, place them in the same room, listen to one another, identify practical solutions, and turn conversation into action.
The objective is not political theater or debate. It is problem solving.
We are not gathering together to relive these tragedies, but to prevent the next one from happening.
Here are links that will give you a better sense of the project and the work we have already done:
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