Arizona students joined thousands across the nation who sought to raise awareness about gun violence in schools this past Wednesday. On February 14, 2018 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida but this time after the memorial services had ended students decided something more needed to happen. Working with Women's March,
a group focused on transformative, grassroots, social change, students organized a walkout to honor those who had passed one month after tragedy struck their school. On March 14, over
3,000 schools participated in the walkout some marching on their local capital buildings, others holding signs and still more spelling out
#Enough on their football fields but all uniting to say that something has to be done to stop the violence. While the walkout itself is over, the uniting of a nation over a common message is a powerful and marks the beginning of a new student driven conversation of which Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the namesake of the Florida school, would be proud.
"Be a nuisance where it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action."
-Marjory Stoneman Douglas