priscilla nieman

UNI and Purdue graduate; love inner nerd stuff and social justice activism

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[priscilla nieman @NiemanPriscilla]

Marched again today at the Cedar Falls Farmers Market. I’d love to be out of a job!!!

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I never run into fatigue about pro abortion issues. Sometimes I face my own fatigue. I was fueled today by other social justice warriors working on other causes👍🏼💪🏼💗

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Super cool at Bike Night the Screaming Eagle🎶💃😎😎😎

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Practicing at Heaven Boutique with Avey Groews🎶💃

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Come dance with us at the River Plaza🎶💃🎶💃

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Come dance with me at the Screaming Eagle🎶💃

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My new protest shirt! This should not even be debated!!

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Protesting at theCedar Falls Farmers Market as we await a special legislative session called for Tuesday severely restricting access to abortion.

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First Friday’Loo

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Join the Love Your Cerebellum Ping Pong Gang at the Waterloo, IA SportsPlex 🏓

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At the Cup for a warming cup of tea before hitting the streets of Cedar Falls again👍🏼💪🏼

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Braved the wind and snow to dance at Bryan’s Blue Plate🎶💃

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@bengreenfield @elonmusk Nutrition questions ONLY

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Long challenging week so we boogie🎶💃😘

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@bengreenfield Why suggest this during times of significant stress world wide?!

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#VOTE, #WeWon’tGoBack

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The CVRJ at UNI when a religious hater showed up and the students joined us. Grateful to support the students.

[Ben Greenfield @bengreenfield]

Wow...athletes who use a training plan matched to their genotype get almost 3x the results compared to athletes who trained with a protocol mismatched to their genotype: https://t.co/9Cj23qW2it

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@joshgad When I worked in a high school, some regular education boys “talked” a special education girl into their car. They performed oral sex upon her without consent. The boys were treated like heroes. The girl didn’t even know what had happened to her. Yay patriarchy🤬