Changing the Narrative: Preventing Gun Violence in Champaign-Urbana

Uni High student Ivan Favila adjusts recording levels in the WILL studio. — Uni High student Sarah Salih interviews James Seikel, former general manager at High Caliber Training Center, while Uni High student Theodore Kemna engineers.

Project Directors

Melissa Schoeplein, University Laboratory High School
Kimberlie Kranich, Director of Engagement and Educational Outreach, WILL

Production Team

Student Producers

Anya Kaplan-Hartnett (class of 2020)
Danbi Choi & Keshav Gandhi (class of 2021)

Team Leaders

Anika Kimme (class of 2019)
Anya-Kaplan Hartnett, Zona Hrnjak, Emi Loucks (class of 2020)
Danbi Choi, Keshav Gandhi (class of 2021)

Production Team Members

Henry Laufenberg (class of 2022)
Aditi Adve, Benjamin Chang, Shoorsen Gandhi,Arjun Kala, Florence Lin, Hozaifa Bhutta, Safa Shakir (class of 2023)

Pre-Production Team Members

Betty Nguyen (class of 2020)
Danbi Choi, Allie Kim, Collin Jung, Maher Adoni (class of 2021),
Ariana Mizan, Andy Tang, Henry Laufenberg, Lawrence Zhao, Stefania Dzhaman, Madeleine Keenan (class of 2022)

Interview Team

Uni High Class of 2023

WILL Professional Staff Collaborators

Kurt Bielema, Jason Croft, Steve Morck, Andrew Reynolds, Samantha Schrage, Liz Westfield