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#enough: Students turn out, step up and speak out at March For Our Lives demonstrations across the U.S., world
Hundreds of thousands of students from across the U.S. and world are marching today with a message about safe schools and gun control that can be summed up in one word: #enough.
Here are some moments from March For Our Lives beginning at 8 a.m. ET and captured moment-by-moment by GSS correspondents in Washington, D.C., and at sister marches in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere:
.@OfficialMCDS “I came (to Washington, D.C.) today because gun control is a serious problem in America, and I feel that students should not be dodging bullets on their way to math class,” says 7th grade student Noah Perez from Miami at #MarchForOurLives #SafeSchools pic.twitter.com/6lfsEsx2ed
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
#MarchForOurLives protestor “reform does not mean eliminate” – @haayyziee pic.twitter.com/TMIk7JSmBu
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
#MarchforOurLives @estefanyjades pic.twitter.com/gN5n5h6wqX
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Highlights from the Sacramento #MarchforOurLives @estefanyjades pic.twitter.com/Ruvxjg7X7P
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Protestor Jalen Thomas shares why he participated in the #MarchforOurLives today in downtown Stockton @Phillicity pic.twitter.com/rU1J51qLP1
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Members of the audience hug each other to show their support for each other and the #MarchforOurLives movement in downtown Stockton @Phillicityy pic.twitter.com/lcR7GMPTDA
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
#MarchForOurLives Valentino Silva shares encouraging words for the #changemakers before the marching begins in downtown Stockton @Phillicityy pic.twitter.com/yVsUT1PRPV
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
#March4OurLives Protestors chant “#enough is enough” while the rain picks up in downtown Stockton @Phillicityy pic.twitter.com/am2Zx3fPVK
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Verbatim #March4OurLives:
Los Angeles marcher Linda Sands by @hannahjannol“I’d like to see a complete ban on assault weapons. No one needs those. I want stricter gun laws. I want it to be sensible.” pic.twitter.com/057Sb2bZzn
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Los Angeles marcher Linda Sands: “I want to make sure this never happens again. I’m here for my grandkids and my son is a teacher” pic.twitter.com/PcgEK2E2HJ
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarchForOurLives No room by the podium in Los Angeles, so marchers stand and sit across the street. Actress @oliviawilde says “there are unimaginable stories of pain and loss” and “an entire generation has been galvanized” by “rage” of #Parkland students pic.twitter.com/e6MJ2Bp3gF
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Verbatim #March4OurLives:
Parkland student Hayley Licata by @hannahjannol“The answer to gun violence isn’t more guns. All lives matter, our lives matter.” pic.twitter.com/273Il4XMyQ
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Ben Kolodmi and Liberty Fuchs at #MarchForOurLivesLA say they want “to talk to people and have conversations” @hannahjannol pic.twitter.com/R5i2nvAF7x
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives @IzzieRamirez with the political messages in handheld posters @ #MarchForOurLivesNYC pic.twitter.com/9JTGQ2Gevu
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@SPLC “The real disruption to the educational process is staring down the barrel of a gun” says #Parkland student Ryan Deitsch #cureHazelwood pic.twitter.com/1uKJemmtjB
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarchForOurLives Boos at Trump Tower as #MarchForOurLivesNYC makes its way through Manhattan @IzzieRamirezFor pic.twitter.com/KJIUtmV7ij
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Sally Heidhues’s son survived a shooting. “My goal for today is to open up people’s eyes and see we need to make a change.” “I’d like to see a ban on assault rifles, I believe we have a right to own basic guns that shoot one at a time, I don’t think anybody needs more than that.” pic.twitter.com/CH4mbK86Wx
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Marchers gather at 5th and Hill streets in Los Angeles for #MarchForOurLivesLA pic.twitter.com/EU3T1hFQ2o
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Short and sweet, from Walla Walla, Washington … the hat makes a point pic.twitter.com/ouiH9RjfFt
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Walla Walla students worked for weeks to organize, apply for insurance, get permit and fight trolls in order to march today. Read their march diary on @GSSVoices @opinionatedqs #safeschools pic.twitter.com/1IBZagyLn6
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
@AMarchForOurLives Students and others in Walla Walla, Washington prepare to begin their #MarchForOurLives @opinionatedqs pic.twitter.com/sM3b5hM4Aq
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives What they want: @CNN graphic on #Parkland students’ list of demands for lawmakers #safeschools #GunControl pic.twitter.com/8TIVKgKrz5
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
Stoneman Douglas junior Megan Bonner retells her story and cries. “I knew when I was 15 that Nik Cruz wasn’t okay. But nothing was done about it,” she said. “I just want to feel safe at school again.”
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives Correspondent Hannah Shraim catches students from #Dayton #Ohio heading to #MarchForOurLivesdc: “I am marching so that students everywhere … can be in a safe environment and learn”#enough #safeschools pic.twitter.com/SjRFS0MfJa
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
“Today is not about empty political messages,” one of the speakers at the #MarchForOurLivesNY. “Please see our volunteers to register to vote.”
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
“Hey, hey. Ho, ho. The NRA has got to go.” pic.twitter.com/ZJqFRzM7XR
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
NYC crowd gathers at Central Park West for the #MarchForOurLives to protest against gun violence. pic.twitter.com/D2lEPqocCA
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
.@AMarch4OurLives We are on the ground and covering @AMarch4OurLives in #March4OurLivesNYC #marchforourlivesDC #MarchForOurLivesLA #marchforourliveschicago and #marchforourlives elsewhere. Support #MSDStrong and say #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/MKsB14G4Gm
— GSS (@GSSVoices) March 24, 2018
—Featured photo: Correspondent Hannah Shraim (at left) takes a photo of the crowd at a Washington, D.C. metro stop on Saturday, March 24, including people heading to the March For Our Lives rally point at the National Mall. Photo by Hannah Shraim.
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