If you’ve seen the news over the last week, you’re aware of the massacre that took place on May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Just days before I sat down to write this, 19 children and 2 teachers were fatally shot by 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos, with 18 others injured during the… Read on
Tag Archives: March for Our Lives
Black youth are very well aware that the only reason MFOL got the coverage it did is because it happened in a suburban area. This year, 2018, alone has shown there is a demand for non-white stories to be shared on huge platforms, so now, let's extend the coverage to non-white voices in this conversation, because our voices matter, too. Read on
I want this movement to be like the other ones remembered in history for the change they brought about. I don’t want it to be over. We have so much more work to do. Read on
The protesters were not only marching to protect themselves now, but in the future as well. Explained Walker, 13, a student at Wesley International Academy: “We’re the kids, we’re the future.” Read on
We asked attendees in the estimated crowd of 30,000 some gut-wrenching questions about why guns should or shouldn’t be sold and how to get legislative response to school gun violence. Read on
I march because I wonder… at what point is our right to not be murdered more important than one’s right to bear arms? Read on