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19 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Roxanne Barksdale <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Roxanne Barksdale <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 3005 Ode Turner Rd. <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone (Day): (919)732-8722 <br /> Phone (Evening): (919)732-4094 <br /> Phone (Cell): (919)417-7786 <br /> Email: rbarks @mindspring.com <br /> Place of Employment: (self) Roxanne Barksdale, MSW, LCSW; Hillsboro <br /> Job Title: Clinical Social Worker/ Individual, Couple and Fam <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1983 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> -Member & participant of United Church of Chapel Hill <br /> -Chair for Orange County Citizens(chapter) of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence <br /> -member & participant of Save the Colonial Inn <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> none <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Firearms Safety Committee <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> Two relevant experiences: <br /> 1) My specific interest in gun violence prevention started when our daughter was a sophomore <br /> at Va Tech in 2007; at the time of the worst mass shooting in US history. That Monday morning <br /> 50 people were shot at least 3 times each and ended with 32 killed, 17 more wounded &the <br /> mentally ill shooter s suicide. My daughter had a friend killed and another wounded that <br /> morning. This happened on April 16-9 years ago. I went to the University and particularly the <br /> Presbyterian Student Union and mothered kids all that week. <br /> After returning home I sought to stay engaged in gun violence prevention which came when a <br /> group of us met with US Congressman David Price and at his recommendation we became <br /> active in North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. We were the original group that formed the <br /> Orange County Citizens (chapter)of NCGV. I became its chapter chair. <br /> 2) I have been Clinical Social Worker/psychotherapist working with couples, families and <br /> individuals since 1980. First with children and families at the Mental Health Center in Alamance <br /> Co./Burlington and since 1987 in private practice here in Orange County-Hillsborough. I have <br /> experience working clinically with domestic violence involving gun violence and even death. I <br /> also have experience with clients &friends who are safe handlers of these lethal tools. <br />