Lessons learned: Tips on how to have an effective protest at school
Our community pegged us with our stereotype yet again: a subpar school full of delinquents. But that picture changed just two weeks later.
#enough: High school students step out to call attention to school safety, gun control
Students across the nation put down their pencils, pushed in their chairs and walked out of their classrooms to advocate against violence and to honor the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida one month ago.
Three days after trauma, Parkland students kick off national movement, march for stronger gun control
“(O)ur politicians abandoned us by failing to keep guns out of schools,” Kasky wrote. “But this time, my classmates and I are going to hold them to account.
Seeing into the future: PANDA’s augmented reality headset focuses on the visually impaired
Technology is advancing quickly before our eyes — including new products for those who are visually impaired. For the makers of the PANDA virtual reality headset, vision is not only the pitch — it's the product.
Still rolling out the prototype: Station F hosts ChangeNOW summit
Station F, the world's biggest startup campus, opened its doors to the public Friday and Saturday for a summit of innovators hoping to solve the world's problems, from dirty oceans and urban farming to boring high schools.
More than geeks — latest climate march on Washington turns out ‘people power’
Pregnant moms, nuns, and even children carried homemade signs reading “Renewable energy? I’m a huge fan” and “Planet first, America second.”
Marchers gather in Washington to call for action on climate change
Catch GSS Correspondent Izzie Ramirez covering the Climate March in Washington D.C. on Twitter @GSSVoices.
Read this: A citizen journalist’s guide to covering dissent
If you're covering events like this for the first time as a student or citizen journalist, check out "A Citizen Journalist's Guide to Covering Dissent," by GSS executive director Beatrice Motamedi. You'll find tips on what to bring, how to prep your cellphone, which mobile apps to download, plus hotlines and help on navigating your legal rights.
OPINION: One week after #WomensMarch, it’s time to hit the road
With the travel ban on Muslims and the end of the U.S. refugee resettlement program announced just yesterday, now is another time for young people to act — Jews and Muslims, Latino/as and LGBTQ, and every other American who is being targeted, mistreated, marginalized and stopped at the border.
Sisters, together: Global voices from #WomensMarch
GSS correspondents captured scenes from the Woman's March in Washington, D.C. and sister marches in New York, Paris, Chicago, Eugene, Oregon and even Walla Walla, Washington, on Jan. 21, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president. Here's a sampling of their work.