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Welcome To Mississippi

Where Fear Was the First Language I Learned

—Cailey’s Digital Story Project—

A Perception on Gun Culture

“Fear taught me to run. Understanding this fear is what allowed me to heal.”

— Cailey Anderson

I stopped seeing my upbringing as a burden and started seeing it as a blueprint

And in that shift, the chaos of my childhood finally came into focus.

Instead of running from this culture that found me again, from my family’s history, or from my past;

I was finally able to accept the tools that have been passed down to me.

A class in Peace and Justice allowed me to do exactly that.

I was taken on a journey through the history of guns and various statistical data showing their intrinsic place within our world. Then, through real stories and case studies, we were able to conceptualize this narrative America has built up for decades.

One that is dependent on the socioeconomic state of this country, and strengthened through fear.

My story offers living proof that even these generationally toxic narratives set to define you, can be dismantled and rebuilt—

On Your Own Terms.