Lady Gaga funds Dayton classroom projects in wake of mass shooting

In the wake of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton last week, Lady Gaga has continued to spread her messages about love and unity.


“In this moment, I want to channel my confusion, frustration, and fury into hope. Hope that we are there for each other and for ourselves,” she said in a statement on Facebook.


Gaga is working with her Born This Way Foundation and DonorsChoose.org to fund 14 classroom projects in Dayton so that teachers and students will have the support they need to work together and “bring their dreams to life.”


She also encourages people struggling to ask for help. “We cannot turn away from ourselves. We cannot turn away from our loved ones. We need each other. Don’t turn away,” she wrote.


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