NEVER AGAIN - March for Our Lives

"Parkland victim’s father:  We will get gun reform in the U.S." PBS NewsHour 3/22/2018

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SUMMARY:  Children want to be able to go to school, church and the mall without fear of being shot, and they are going to demand it, says Fred Guttenberg, a vocal advocate for reforming the nation's gun laws since his 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed in the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.  Guttenberg joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the coming March For Our Lives and more.

"Teenagers will lead the charge and demand change at anti-gun violence March for Our Lives" PBS NewsHour 3/23/2018

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SUMMARY:  Students and other demonstrators across the country will protest gun violence Saturday.  In Washington, survivors of last month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, will stage their March for Our Lives rally.  John Yang follows some of the students as they prepare for the big day.

"Youth voices take center stage at March for Our Lives" PBS NewsHour 3/24/2018

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SUMMARY:  Students across the country flooded into the streets on Saturday to call for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida last month.  Among the tens of thousands who rallied in Washington, D.C., was a group of students from Patriot High School in Virginia.  NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker, who traveled with them, has more.

GUNS IN AMERICA - Our Nations' Student Walkout

"Student walkouts protesting shootings will vary around the country — and so will their schools’ responses" PBS NewsHour 3/13/2018

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SUMMARY:  To mark the one-month anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students are planning walkouts around the country for Wednesday.  Organizers expect more than 200,000 students in all 50 states will participate.  But how schools handle these walkouts has been a matter of some concern.  William Brangham learns more from special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education Week.

"‘The adults have failed us.  This is in our hands now’: Thousands stage school walkout over gun violence" PBS NewsHour 3/14/2018

All adults should hand their heads in shame.

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SUMMARY:  Students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday morning by the tens of thousands to protest gun violence and remember the victims of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida.  Back in Washington, lawmakers pressed the FBI on why it didn't act on tips about the attacker prior to the shooting, and heard from those directly impacted by the violence.  William Brangham reports.

"Kids who walked out see their generation as the one ‘getting things done’ on the gun debate" PBS NewsHour 3/14/2018

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SUMMARY:  Ceilidh Kern, a sophomore, and Jaylah Ross, a junior, are two students who participated in the March 14 school walkouts, and are part of a team from more than a dozen of our Student Reporting Labs who are covering the day's events for the NewsHour.  They join Judy Woodruff to discuss why they walked out, the passion driving children to participate and what they would say directly to policymakers.