Upcoming Programs

August Program
The Psychology of Gun Violence – How Smart Choices Can Save Lives

Thursday, August 13
Center of Clayton
50 Gay Avenue
Clayton, MO 63105
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m.
Program is free and open to the public.

Register here.

Gun violence in the U.S. claims tens of thousands of lives each year. We need a solution more urgently than ever, but progress is stalled from both sides as they fail to understand one another—while some urge for a ban on guns, others are insistent on retaining their firearms. Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde – renowned psychologist and author of the new book The Psychology of Gun Violence – will share how in order to bring the epidemic of gun violence under control we must understand the psychology of gun ownership, mass shootings, and gun culture in America.

She has published articles in prestigious journals including Science, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, and American Psychologist. Her research has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. She served as a scientific advisor to then-Surgeon General David Satcher and received the Association for Psychological Science’s Award for lifetime achievements in psychological.

Speaker: Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde

Author of The Psychology of Gun Violence, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An internationally recognized researcher and recipient of the Association for Psychological Science’s Cattell Award, she applies psychological science to addressing gun violence in America.

Photographer Bailey Elizabeth Rogers will have several photos and stories from her exhibit, “How Many Daughters, How Many Sons” on display.

The mixed media documentary photography based exhibit uses photos and interview segments to tell the stories of parents in the St. Louis Region who have lost a child to gun violence.