Chicago teens riff on 'Love Island,' 'aura' trend to pitch campaigns pushing peers to put down guns

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Aug. 1, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated Aug. 1, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/08/01/chicago-gun-violence-social-media-teen

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Dozens of nervous teens packed a downtown conference room this week to pitch a panel of city officials and civic leaders on social media campaigns they’ve spent the summer developing. The messaging of their campaigns was the same: get teens to put down their guns. But they took different approache...