March for Our Lives, San Diego
February 14, 2018: It was an all-too-familiar scene. Hands raised, students poured from classrooms; first responders swarmed like moths drawn to flame; worried parents gathered ... and as day darkened, a community prepared to bury its murdered young.
But this time ... this time it was different: The survivors had had enough, and a couple of days later, I watched the sparking of a movement. Emma Gonzalez, a five-foot-two high-school senior, had had enough. She may not have been the first student to speak that day. I don't know. But she was the one speaking when I turned on the TV and I'll always think of her as the inspiration of the movement. Since then, of course, we've seen other students join into a cohesive, supportive, collegial leadership team.
And less than six weeks after 17 were killed at their school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, these student leaders had given rise to 800 marches worldwide on every continent except Antarctica and in every state of the union. They had also spawned something more important: Hope.
They will soon vote and their message will be simple: Enough is enough.
Will this be the generation that restores the promise of government of the people, by the people, for the people? I hope we all join them and get this done.
But this time ... this time it was different: The survivors had had enough, and a couple of days later, I watched the sparking of a movement. Emma Gonzalez, a five-foot-two high-school senior, had had enough. She may not have been the first student to speak that day. I don't know. But she was the one speaking when I turned on the TV and I'll always think of her as the inspiration of the movement. Since then, of course, we've seen other students join into a cohesive, supportive, collegial leadership team.
And less than six weeks after 17 were killed at their school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, these student leaders had given rise to 800 marches worldwide on every continent except Antarctica and in every state of the union. They had also spawned something more important: Hope.
They will soon vote and their message will be simple: Enough is enough.
Will this be the generation that restores the promise of government of the people, by the people, for the people? I hope we all join them and get this done.
March 24, 2018
Scenes from the March for Our Lives, San Diego, California
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