On February 14, 2018, a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire, killing 17 students and teachers. But the survivors were determined not to let their school become just another statistic. Several groups of students started getting together to find some way to prevent this from happening in any other school. Within a week of the shooting, they had created March for Our Lives. A Glimmer of Hope is their story.
These students were tired of their classmates being gunned down. They were tired of attending their friends funerals. They were tired of the media circus taking over their lives and forgetting about this tragedy a few days later. They wanted to take back their story. They wanted to use the media to make a difference.
These students, anywhere from age 10+, began researching gun legislation and began voicing their opinions online and in the newsrooms. They began questioning their Senators and Congressmen, asking why they continued to allow this to keep happening. They met with several government officials to discuss their stances on gun legislation, commonsense gun laws, and overall the idea of gun reform. They were taking their tragedy and turning into a conversation that many government officials were not willing to have, especially with children and teens.
The Parkland teens began chatting with other teens all over the world about gun reform. They realized gun violence is not just happening in schools, it's happening in grocery stores, in neighborhoods, even within their own homes. Which lead them to create March for Our Lives and take their organization on the Road to Change tour. They were being open and honest in their opinions and demanding their voices be heard. They will not allow their tragedy define them. Their friends lost their lives; now this is their revolution.
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