Dwight Panozzo, PhD, LCSW is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work at New York University and a clinician in private practice. His social justice work began with gun violence prevention protesting after the Sandy Hook massacre. It included work with the Brady campaign and Gays Against Guns. A problem solver by nature, Dwight recognized that nothing was being achieved at the federal level to stem gun violence and, in particular, the US Senate was the stumbling block. This led him to conceptualize the New State Formation and Amalgamation Process which lies at the heart of the Hack the Senate movement, learn more about the process at hackthesenate.org