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At the Boston March for Our Lives, on March 24, activists joined others across the nation to advocate for gun laws and support students from Parkland.
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“NEVER AGAIN” Led by student activists across the nation, communities walk out, march to unite under a movement that demands for gun control By Cassidy wang Editor-in-Chief
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hether it’s for gun control, a push for mental health reform, or even arming teachers, whatever it is you believe something needs to change, we are here to be heard as we can no longer idly sit at our desks waiting for the next mass shooting,” junior Nellie Zhang cried aloud on March 14 from a podium outside of the gym entrance.
out” organized by the Women’s March Youth. According to their website, the aim of the mass school walkout is to “protest Congress’s inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers after school shootings.” Demanding action, the organization strives for “sensible” legislation surrounding guns. The sight of countless school shootings has frequently dominated the news, with Parkland being the most recent one, impelling students across the country to join the walkout in protest. “I just think that we’ve seen enough school shootings and if I can be in any way a part of changing that, I want to be,” junior Kiara Ford said. “I think it’s time for change and it’s long overdue,” junior Emma Fellenbaum said. “Guns are too enAround Zhang trailed speck- grained in our society. We need to les of snow. The day was cold and focus on making a change. I think brisk, yet hundreds of students and this generation’s going to be the one faculty were huddled outside of the who votes out gym entrance in the NRA funded the morning, abpoliticians. Re“I think it’s time sorbing Zhang’s gardless of what words as they for change and it’s your views are, echoed off of I feel like guns long overdue.” the surrounding should be a bibrick walls. partisan issue beEMMA FELLENBAUM Minutes earcause there is so JUNIOR lier, when the much loss of life little hand of the because of guns clock hit the ten, and we need to students emerged address that.” from their seats in class, one by one. Fellenbaum cites life, liberty They proceeded to make their way and the pursuit of happiness as the towards the gym exit to gather out- fundamental rights students have. side. They were walking out to join Accordingly, she believes students students across the nation in the feel a need to speak out because March 14 “National School Walk- their lives are at stake. activism continues on page 3