Ryder Buttry is a Master of Public Policy candidate at Duke University. She was raised in Little Rock, where she graduated from Little Rock Central High School.
Earlier this year, at Mayor Frank Scott Jr.’s urging, the Little Rock Board of Directors passed a resolution declaring community violence a public health emergency. Rightly so. Little Rock has been gripped by a gun violence epidemic. Accordingly, we should demand a policy response from our elected officials commensurate with the problem that increases safety […]
