The recent suicide deaths of Sydney Aiello and Calvin Desir, survivors of last year’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, unleashed collective grief online as the public mourned the loss of two teenagers who’d endured an unthinkable tragedy.
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Watch Jimmy Fallon’s surprise commencement speech at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Jimmy Fallon surprised graduates of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, with a commencement speech to remember.
The Tonight Show host took the stage at the graduation ceremony at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida on Sunday as a gues…
Parkland activists had breakfast with the Waffle House hero and they were all thrilled
The pro-gun control movement now has its very own celebrities.
James Shaw Jr. and the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. survived hellish nightmare scenarios that we wouldn’t wish on anyone. But they all emerged from t…
Parkland activist has best response to transparent backpack rule
When the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned to campus after the March for Our Lives and their week-long spring break, they were less than thrilled with having to wear transparent backpacks.
After the mass shooting that killed 1…
March for Our Lives, Tide Pods, and the overdue evolution of how we talk about teens
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If there’s one demographic that pop culture is obsessed with, it’s the seemingly monolithic entity that we’ve come to know as Teen™.
Whether it’s Gossip Girl (rich teens in the city), Pretty Little Liars (devious teens in a murder mystery), Glee (teens who sing), Saved By The Bell (wholesome teens going to school), we as a culture just can’t stop asking: What are these kids up to?! Follow along closely, and you’re likely to get whiplash from the severe ways each caricature careens back and forth.
But there’s no period that has contradicted itself more when it comes to the portrayal of teens than 2018. From viral internet stunts to student protests, this year has shown us that the way we talk about teens has finally started its long-overdue evolution. Read more…
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View More March for Our Lives, Tide Pods, and the overdue evolution of how we talk about teensRead the Obamas’ heartwarming letter to the survivors of the Parkland school shooting
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While it’s been over a month since the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, both the victims and survivors remain front of mind for many, including Barack and Michelle Obama.
The former First Couple sent a handwritten letter to the survivors on March 10, 2018, praising them for their “resilience, resolve and solidarity” after the shooting and in their activism, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Mic.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the letter @BarackObama and @MichelleObama wrote to the #ParklandShooting survivors. In it, the former president and first lady tell the teens that they’ve “inspired” them, and commend them on “awakening the conscience of our nation.” https://t.co/FOQYVguNFw pic.twitter.com/xEPHE6iUL2
— Mic (@mic) March 21, 2018 Read more…
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Read the Obamas’ heartwarming letter to the survivors of the Parkland school shooting
While it’s been over a month since the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, both the victims and survivors remain front of mind for many, including Barack and Michelle Obama.
The former First Couple sent a handwritten letter to the survivors on March 10, 2018, praising them for their “resilience, resolve and solidarity” after the shooting and in their activism, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Mic.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the letter @BarackObama and @MichelleObama wrote to the #ParklandShooting survivors. In it, the former president and first lady tell the teens that they’ve “inspired” them, and commend them on “awakening the conscience of our nation.” https://t.co/FOQYVguNFw pic.twitter.com/xEPHE6iUL2
— Mic (@mic) March 21, 2018 Read more…
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Everything you need to know about the National School Walkout
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On Wednesday, March 14, students all over the United States are leaving their classrooms for a National School Walkout to protest gun violence.
The National School Walkout is the latest protest in a string of demonstrations — along with March 24th’s March for Our Lives and April 20th’s National School Walkout — designed to highlight the prevalence of gun violence and its effects.
“Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms,” the National School Walkout explains. “Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day.” Read more…
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Stoneman Douglas alumni rise up in incredible ways to support shooting survivors
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, may look like any other American high school from the outside.
But former students who spent their teenage years in its hallways and classrooms will tell you there’s something special about t…