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Michael Sodini
Founder, Walk the Talk America
Michael Sodini is the founder of Walk the Talk America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making positive change in relationship to mental health and firearm awareness. Sodini is a third generation firearm industry professional with over 20 years of experience, who has imported and cultivated multiple successful firearm brands in the United States. By organizing a team of experts from the mental health community, firearm industry, and grass roots organizations making a difference on the ground, Walk the Talk America seeks to identify opportunities to enhance communication, compassion, calls to action, and education.
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It sometimes feels like we can do nothing to stop gun violence. But easy access to mental health services, widely available trainings to identify individuals at risk, school c...