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Duke University student named 2021 Truman
Scholar, advocates against gun violence
BY HEATHER FORDHAM
|DURHAM PUBLISHED 5:50 AM ET
JUN. 03, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. — Carlee Goldberg will be a
senior at Duke University this fall. The Parkland,
Florida native was named a 2021 Truman Scholar
in April for her advocacy on gun violence and
juvenile justice.
What You Need To Know
The Truman Scholarship was established in
1977 in memorial of President Harry Truman
Fifty-two Duke University students have
received the award since it was established
Carlee Goldberg was one of 62 students who
received the 2021 award
Goldberg was a senior at a neighboring high
school, North Broward Preparatory School, when
a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School on the afternoon of Feb. 14,
2018, killing 17 people and injuring an
additional 17.
“I remember leaving, and they had to lock down
the school, I remember checking in with friends
and trying to make sure everyone was accounted
for, and we could find them,” Goldberg said.
Goldberg said that her brother graduated from
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two years
before the shooting and attended the middle
school that fed into Stoneman Douglas.
“I knew a few students who were killed, who I
knew in middle or elementary school, I knew of
them because it was a small town,” Goldberg
said.
When she arrived at Duke University that fall,
Goldberg hit the ground running with her
advocacy and research into gun violence and
juvenile justice.
“I was really interested in the research behind
gun violence,” Goldberg said.
Her work began when she moderated and helped
organize a panel her freshman year that consisted
of experts in gun violence. Goldberg also became
a research assistant at the law school’s Center for
Fi****ms Law, Juvenile Delinquents and Adult
Gun Law study program.
“I was always aware of it prior to the shooting,
gun violence was a pandemic before it happened.
I had done a bunch of debates bef
