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#March For Our Livesby Christina Maldonado '19
There were many students who gathered to support, and honor the people who lost their lives due to gun violence by expressing their support in a variety of ways- they used posters, wore certain colors, posted on social media, or wore hoodies that had a hashtag or slogan on it. In New York, an abundance of marchers wore the official color for gun control violence advocacy group- the color orange- and they charged their way to Central Park. In every American state, there were more than 800 posters planned, even in “gun-friendly” cities. There were small groups of gun supporters who also marched Saturday, the 24th of March. They too had signs, but they were not the one with #ENOUGH; however, one of the signs in Salt Lake city read: “What can we do to stop mass shootings? SHOOT BACK?” The March For Our Lives were planned by a group of students who attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. These students have a mission statement and it is to :“demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues.” There were hundreds of thousands of marchers with their voices, signs, and etc to express their opinion, but The White House had only a statement to say about the event and the marchers. That statement was, “We applaud the many courageous young Americans exercising their First Amendment rights today.” Seventeen year old Casey Sherman says, “After all this heartbreak, we have come back stronger than ever. Those 17 people did not die in vain. We will stop at nothing until we make real, lasting change.” Sherman is a student who attends Douglas high school, and one of the rally organizers in Parkland, Florida. https://www.nymtimes.com/2018/03/24/us/march-for-our-lives.html
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Sweetwyne
4/2/2018 07:21:52 am
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