Gabby Giffords ’93 discussed her continued involvement in public policy and gun violence prevention in the Huffington Post. On August 1, 2011—a decade ago—Giffords, then a Democratic representative from Arizona, returned to the House floor to cast her first vote after being shot at a constituent event the previous January. Since then, she has founded Giffords, an organization that works toward gun violence prevention. “Public service has always motivated me. I had to return for that vote on the House floor 10 years ago because I didn’t want to let my colleagues and my constituents down,” Giffords said. “Today, the public service I’m engaged in takes a different form―I may no longer be in elected office, but my desire to serve is as strong as ever.”