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    Ammunition 4 Good: An Artist’s Creative Stand to End Gun Violence

    by Gina Raphaela May 14, 2018 2 minutes
    Gina Raphaela's mission driven art to end gun violence
    Titled, ‘Unity Ring’

    Gina Raphaela grew up in a family of secrets and suppressed self-expression, and set herself free via her mission driven art to end gun violence

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    Born Italian American, raised in New York, the middle child of six, with a father who was a member of the Genovese Crime

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