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Students Are Marching For Their Lives. Are Adults Paying Attention?

A woman holds a sign as she attends a rally for those heading to the March for Our Lives event in Washington D.C.
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A woman holds a sign as she attends a rally for those heading to the March for Our Lives event in Washington D.C.

On Saturday, thousands of young people are expected to march on Washington, D.C., and in cities across the country in support of gun control. The March For Our Lives was organized by the survivors of last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Students across the country have been outspoken since the shooting, staging a nationwide walkout last week. Will this, their largest demonstration yet, sway elected officials to act?

GUESTS

Matthew Post, Senior, Sherwood High School in Maryland; Student Member, Board of Education Montgomery County Public Schools

Senator Gary Farmer, Florida State Senator representing eastern Broward County; @FarmerForFLSen

Reid Wilson, National correspondent, The Hill; author of a new book, “Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak” @PoliticsReid

For more, visit https://the1a.org.

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