Prom is an important night in every teen’s life, but for seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the event served as an immensely hopeful celebration and a night to remember those lost.
On Saturday, months after a mass shooting killed 17 mem…
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Everything you need to know about the March for Our Lives
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On Saturday, March 24, students all over the world are taking to the streets to say #NeverAgain with the March for Our Lives.
The march is just one of many protests — including March 14th’s National School Walkout — that have developed in the aftermath of the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. The mission in these marches is to raise awareness and demand legislation to prevent further shootings.
“This movement will take to the streets to demand we end the epidemic of mass shootings,” the march organizers state in the event’s bio on Twitter. Read more…
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The student walkout at Columbine High School carries a special meaning
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While students at schools across the country participated in a National School Walkout to protest gun violence in the wake of the deadly February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, the walkout at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado carried extra emotional weight.
The April 20, 1999, shooting at Columbine was devastating in its scope and marked a new stage in the way the media — and the country — reacted to school shootings. A total of 13 people were killed: 12 students and one teacher. It remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s history. Read more…
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