*MARCH FOR OUR LIVES* Event Sat., March 24, Wash. DC: Set By Fla. Student Survivors

[appalachiablue]

Surviving students of the Valentine's Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, have set a date for lawmakers, and everyone else in the country to discuss gun control: March 24.

"People keep asking us, what about the Stoneman Douglas shooting is going to be different, because this has happened before and change hasn't come?" 11th-grader Cameron Kasky told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "This is it."
"This is about the adults. We feel neglected, and at this point, you're either with us or against us," Kasky said.

"People are saying that it’s not time to talk about gun control, and we can respect that.
> Here’s a time: March 24, in every single city," he continued.
*The demonstration set for next month in Washington D.C. is to be called the *"March For Our Lives" Kasky explained Sunday, seated next to four of his classmates Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Alex Wind and Jaclyn Corin.

In the wake of last week's tragedy that claimed 17 lives, the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have been the leading voices in calls for action from lawmakers, and have boldly expressed frustration over a nation gridlocked on the issue of guns, as Salon has previously reported.

We’re going to be facing this with trepidation and determination, and we have an incredible support system around us. We are going to be the difference," Gonzalez said on CNN.
"This isn’t about the GOP. This isn’t about the Democrats," Kasky added. "Any politician on either side who is taking money from the NRA is responsible for events like this. "At the end of the day, the NRA [National Rifle Association] is fostering and promoting this gun culture."
Many have said that mass shootings in America have become routine, but Kasky highlighted the importance of creating "a new normal where there's a badge of shame on any politician who's accepting money from the NRA."

More with News *VIDEO*, https://www.salon.com/2018/02/18/florida-student-survivors-announce-march-for-our-lives-heres-a-time-to-talk-about-gun-control/

[fierywoman]

1. I'm hoping that this moment, because of the activism of these students, is the

"100th monkey" moment in turning the tide toward gun control.

[appalachiablue]

2. However it happens and whatever it's called, people working together

and connecting, en mass is the way to spread political awareness and demand the end this US POX and mass murder epidemic, once and for all. These young people in particular, who've been harmed the most will be natural, effective agents of change combined with the help of many others, as shown by history.

[appalachiablue]

6. Official Website *MARCH FOR OUR LIVES:

Official WEBSITE, https://www.marchforourlives.com/ Info., Mission, News, Donate

MISSION STATEMENT:

Not one more. We cannot allow one more child to be shot at school. We cannot allow one more teacher to make a choice to jump in front of a firing assault rifle to save the lives of students. We cannot allow one more family to wait for a call or text that never comes.
Our schools are unsafe. Our children and teachers are dying. We must make it our top priority to save these lives.

March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar. In the tragic wake of the seventeen lives brutally cut short in Florida, politicians are telling us that now is not the time to talk about guns.

March For Our Lives believes the time is now.
On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington, DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority. The collective voices of the March For Our Lives will be heard.

School safety is not a political issue. There cannot be two sides to doing everything in our power to ensure the lives and futures of children who are at risk of dying when they should be learning, playing, and growing.

The mission and focus of March For Our Lives is to demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues. No special interest group, no political agenda is more critical than timely passage of legislation to effectively address the gun violence issues that are rampant in our country.

Every kid in this country now goes to school wondering if this day might be their last. We live in fear.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Change is coming. And it starts now, inspired by and led by the kids who are our hope for the future. Their young voices will be heard.

Stand with us on March 24. Refuse to allow one more needless death.

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES!

[IluvPitties]

3. Very important moment in American history.

Americans are tired of this culture of guns and death that is eating us alive.

[Wwcd]

4. I hope they have a public reading of every current House & Senate member who has received NRA money

A list of NRA campaign donations & their Voting Record on Guns following Sandy Hook to today.

It should be made public & downloadable & printed.

Call Them By Their Name

[appalachiablue]

8. Same, mandatory. Name & list every Congress member taking NRA funds.

[Wwcd]

9. + a million. No more hiding behind thoughts & prayers' bs ever again.

[Beaverhausen]

5. Link to their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/marchforourlives/

Lots of info there

[appalachiablue]

7. Great, thanks. *3 New Events Announced to Demand End to US Gun Violence* (on Twitter):

- MARCH 14, WED. #NationalSchoolWalkout

- MARCH 24, SAT. #MarchForOurLives

- APRIL 20, FRI. #NationalSchoolWalkout

[Wwcd]

10. Thanks for posting