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Advice on Student Walkouts from the American Civil Liberties Union |
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“Students from Stoneman Douglas responded powerfully to the loss of life in displays of courage that exemplified what kids are capable of.These teens started a campaign online and off — #NeverAgain
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Celebrities Oprah Winfrey and George and Amal Clooney have supported the campaign with donations
Black and Brown Youth Activists from Ferguson Black and Brown students who protested at Ferguson received a very different reception than the one that the predominantly white students who are protesting the Parkland shootings are receiving (MsPackyetti on Twitter) “In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death at the hands of a security guard in 2012, young people mobilized under the name Black Lives Matter to demand reforms very similar to those now being articulated by students in Parkland. They did not receive the same support or recognition that the nation has given Parkland students in the last two weeks.” ( Weekend Read: Teen activists aren't new. Celebrating them is, February 28, 2018)
Evidence that Black youth have been working for gun reform: The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin Black Lives Matter was started in response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin The Dream Defenders is a youth-led, Florida-based organization that was started in 2015 to work for “freedom and liberation” “The Wear Orange campaign, ... was started by black teens in Chicago” after the shooting of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton Other anti-violence, Black activist organizations Newark Anti-Violence Coalition, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center Community Justice Reform Coalition
From the ACLU twitter account: ACLU Twitter Account
For more details, visit this ACLU explainer: Your First Amendment Guide to Student Walkouts.