Students at schools across the country are walking out of class today at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes in solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a shooting killed 17 students and staff exactly one month ago.
In the month since the massacre, young people have taken over the reigns of the gun control debate, with a core group of Parkland students emerging as voices of the movement using hashtags like #enough and #neveragain.
Today’s walkout is the latest in a series of dramatic actions — from marches to protests at government buildings — and Youth Radio has reporters across the country embedded with the students, all of them students themselves.
Follow the walkouts live on @youthradio Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and come back here for highlights. This page will be updated throughout the day.
The moment of the movement
⚡️ “Teens Say #NeverAgain With National Walkout For Gun Control”https://t.co/4R49sfqKRI
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Walkouts swept from coast to coast
Students at San Diego Met High School participate in Wednesday's #NationalWalkOutDay #WalkoutWednesday. Photo by Endiya Griffin. #Enough #EndGunViolence #BooksNotBullets pic.twitter.com/GqSTn2NEr0
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Oakland Technical High School students speak out against #gunviolence video by @AyyeitsNina #NationalWalkOutDay #WalkOutWednesday #EndGunViolence #Enough pic.twitter.com/DrtzXY9e35
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Adults are supporting the #NationalWalkOut at Oakland Technical High School. #Oakland, CA students are joining the #NationalSchoolWalkout. Photo by @AyyeitsNina. #Enough #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/ayMNUicJlc
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Happening now- student-led walkout at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, CA. @FinleyDavis is on the ground reporting. #nationalwalkoutday #GunReform #enough pic.twitter.com/uubwlmnwSp
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Student protests push the envelope
CLARIFICATION: Grady High School administrators had supported the walkout, but threatened disciplinary action against students who refused to return after the scheduled protest.
CLARIFICATION: Atlanta's Grady High School administrators supported today's walkout, but threatened disciplinary action against students who refused to return after the scheduled #NationalSchoolWalkout. pic.twitter.com/iG0CGYXUqn
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 15, 2018
An administrator at Grady HS in Atlanta tells students who are still protesting that they’ll face punishment if they don’t go back to class #NationalSchoolWalkout #ENOUGH —photo by Olivia Podber pic.twitter.com/g0QJq1Rhn3
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Teens are taking the lead and people are grateful
“Since Congress won’t change the laws, the teenagers will” #NationalSchoolWalkout Grady HS, Atlanta, GA pic.twitter.com/ZSr5722xJ1
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Adults in Georgia gather to thank teens from Grady HS for taking the lead on calling for stricter gun laws #NationalSchoolWalkout #ENOUGH pic.twitter.com/yDdB8VaGXy
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
The walkout is happening at all grade levels: from middle school to college
Students at @BroadRippleMHSBroad in #Indianapolis #NationalWalkoutDay #NationalSchoolWalkout #NeverAgain #Enough pic.twitter.com/UsBgaI1i4j
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Student-run stores and coffee shops on @Georgetown campus are closed for 17 minutes in support of #walkoutwednesday. This is at Midnight Mug. (Reporting by @JeanineSantucci) pic.twitter.com/qzpvFbO9F8
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
The Stuyvesant HS walkout (photo by Sophie Watwood): #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/V6avM7YNct
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
Today’s teens have had to deal with some form of gun violence all their lives
Stuyvesant junior Julia Arancia shares why she walked out: pic.twitter.com/S8eI4nCgRA
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
“There’s shootings it seems every other month and we have mad gun violence in the city all the time. At this point I’m basically desensitized because I’ve lived in Philly my whole life and it’s something I got used to. But it shouldn’t be that way.” Phillip Muller, 18 #walkout pic.twitter.com/viIBJjlPgZ
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 14, 2018
We asked students from around the country to tell us why they are participating in tomorrow’s national walkout. #enough #Parkland #guncontrol #studentsstandup #nationalstudentwalkout #enoughisenough #NeverAgain #MarchforourLives #walkoutwednesday pic.twitter.com/u0a7doasOK
— youthradio (@youthradio) March 13, 2018
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