Uvalde and Santa Fe are about 315 miles from each other, but their residents are like...
They are similar people — passionate, loud,— and bonded in the worst possible way: They have both lost children in Texas school shootings.
They are part of a growing group of Texans touched by gun violence, connected by trauma, grief and, in some cases, a new calling to advocate for change. She first connected with Brett and his wife, Nikki, over the phone in June of last year, and they met in person for the first time in August at an Astros game in Houston. The team had invited the Uvalde families out for “Uvalde Strong Day,” so Hart bought a ticket.
She broke her no-media rule in the hope that fewer reporters would reach out to the Uvalde relatives. They drove through Uvalde on the way back from West Texas, stopping to offer assistance where they could. They would later come to know dozens of the Uvalde family members and spend hours with them in Austin.
Delgado has taken the six-hour roundtrip drive to Austin every legislative session since, pushing for gun safety laws that she believes could prevent future shootings. She is now the Texas advocacy associate for the Community Justice Action Fund, an organization that aims to reduce gun violence in Black and Brown communities.
Stone’s son died a hero, using his body as a human shield to stop the shooter from entering his classroom.
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