Off the Record - Joe Gallina and Gen-Z Activist Sam Schwartz

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He Didn’t Just Lose His Cousin. He Lost The Innocence of Not Knowing Grief.

I’ve done a lot of interviews. But this one stuck with me.

Sam Schwartz isn’t a politician. He was a child who lived through the worst day of his life - and decided not to look away.

His cousin was murdered in the Parkland shooting.

A kid. Gone. For no reason other than the fact that we live in a country where children are sacrificed on the altar of gun lobby profits and political cowardice.

And yet Sam still believes in change - Because he knows what the alternative looks like. He knows what it feels like to scream when the news comes in. He knows what it’s like to carry grief and rage and purpose in the same breath.

We talked about that.
We talked about the broken system.
We talked about the protests and the farce of Trump’s military parade—how the same people who pretend to love “law and order” are the ones who’ve made our streets a war zone.

And we talked about what comes next. Because Sam isn’t just mourning. He’s organizing.

If you’re tired of feeling helpless every time another shooting breaks the news cycle, I hope you’ll listen. If you’ve ever wondered what it means to really turn pain into power, Sam will show you.

This country doesn’t need more thoughts and prayers. It needs more people like Sam Schwartz.

Watch it. Share it. And ask yourself:
What the hell are we doing if not this?

—Joe Gallina