‘We’re Tired Of Waiting’ For Adults To Do Something: Students Walk Out In Protest Over Gun Violence
Students across the state showed their solidarity for the victims of the mass shooting in Florida, and raised their voices about gun control.
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Students Join Nationwide Walkouts And Actions To Remember Parkland Victims, Push Gun Control
At Hamilton High School, the protest began with a young man and a bullhorn. Ari Elkins, a senior, stood on the front lawn of his Palms school and in a voice both firm and loud, cried out: "No more silence! End gun violence!" Seconds later, hundreds of his fellow students came pouring out the building's double doors. (Jennings, Kohli, Blume and Bermudez, 3/14)
Sacramento Bee:
Sacramento Student Walkout Protest: Thousands Honor Florida Victims
Student walkouts across the nation were billed as a mass protest against the National Rifle Association and a call for stricter gun control measures in response to the February shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead. (Lillis, Lambert, Chabria and Kobin, 3/14)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Students Walk Out, Embrace ‘Fight Of Our Lives’ To End School Gun Violence
It was one of the biggest shows of force by the nation’s youngest generation, and throughout the Bay Area, thousands of school children walked out of class at exactly 10 a.m. to protest school shootings and honor the 17 victims of last month’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Similar scenes played out at schools across the country, as speeches were made and moments of silence were held. (Tucker, Lyons and Haigney, 3/14)
KQED:
Thousands Of Bay Area Students Join National Walkout To End Gun Violence
Thousands of students across the Bay Area and California joined a nationwide school walkout Wednesday to protest gun violence and to press for stricter gun laws, exactly one month after a mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school left 17 dead. Organizers estimate nearly 3,000 walkouts, sit-ins and other forms of protest were planned across the U.S. following the Valentine's Day massacre of 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Clyde, 3/14)
Modesto Bee:
Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Riverbank Student Walkout Protest
Gun control, campus security, bullying and other issues were on the minds of students in Modesto, Turlock, Ceres and Riverbank on Wednesday morning when they joined in the Enough: National School Walkout. The 17-minute demonstrations for better gun control and safer schools took place in over 2,500 schools across America. (Ahumada and Farrow, 3/14)