Edna Chavez, a student from South Los Angeles, lost her brother to gun violence: "This is normal -- normal to the point that I've learned to duck from bullets before I learned how to read." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
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Christopher Underwood, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, lost his brother to gun violence: “For me, I would like to not worry about dying, and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. Don't I deserve to grow up?" http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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Stoneman Douglas student Jaclyn Corin: "This disease continues to spread even though we have discovered the cure, but our government officials close their ears because it involves change -- a change that does not align with their own agenda." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK pic.twitter.com/JyDQuXQ3YP
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"Parkland cannot and will not do this alone. There is strength in numbers and we need each and every one of you to keep screaming at your own congressmen," Jaclyn Corin says. "Have them hear you out because they work for us." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"I have a dream that enough is enough. And that this should be a gun free world, period," says 9-year-old Yolanda Renee King, who is Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"We cannot make America safe again until we arm our teachers," says Ryan Deitsch, a Stoneman Douglas student. “We need to arm them with pencils, pens, paper and the money they need.” http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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Stoneman Douglas student Ryan Deitsch on those who criticize student walkouts: "I say to them: The real disruption to the educational process is staring down the barrel of a gun." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"Yes, I am a Parkland survivor, but before this, I was a regular black girl. And after this I am still black and regular and I will fight for all of us," says Aalayah Eastmond, a Stoneman Douglas student http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"The truth is, I am not here for me. I am here for you. So you don't have to fear of getting shot in your own classroom," says Sam Fuentes, a Stoneman Douglas student who was wounded in the Feb. 14 shooting http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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Parkland shooting survivor Sam Fuentes continues speech after throwing up on stage: "Our mission is simple and our ambitions are unbeatable. Let's keep the guns out of the hands of the wrong people and keep them in the hands of the safe and reasonable." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK pic.twitter.com/EfNOxuy6eo
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WATCH: Crowd in Washington, D.C., sings "Happy Birthday" for Parkland shooting victim Nicholas Dworet, who would have turned 18 on Saturday http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"Our pain makes us family. Us hurting together brings us closer together to fight for something better," 17-year-old Chicago student Alex King tells crowd at
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"We realize without the resources, this issue of violence will not be resolved. We will not stop until we are properly resourced in our communities," Chicago student Alex King says http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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“We are survivors. Let me say for you: We are survivors. We are survivors of a cruel and silent nation. A nation where freedom, justice, equality and purpose is upheld,” says Chicago student D’Angelo McDade http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"We are the survivors of unjust policies and practices upheld by our Senate. We are survivors of lack of resources within our schools. We are survivors of social, emotional and physical harm," says Chicago student D’Angelo McDade http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"America, I am pleading with you to realize this is not OK. We do not have to live like this," says Matthew Soto, whose sister was killed in Sandy Hook. "Show those that say our lives are not more important than a gun that we are important, that we matter" http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK pic.twitter.com/VhBwF4MU5O
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Tommy Murray, who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School during 2012 shooting, gives advice to Parkland students: "We want to tell you to keep fighting as hard as you can. Your voices are so important. Your stories have truly changed hearts and minds." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK pic.twitter.com/mM2jX6i9Yw
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Malala Yousafzai gives a video message to
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: "To every friend, veteran, brother or sister who lost a loved one, my heart is with you. Although I am not there with you today, I stand with you." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK pic.twitter.com/POsVLNQkFoShow this thread -
WATCH: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
@Emma4Change takes the stage at#MarchForOurLives
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Stoneman Douglas student
@Emma4Change reads the names of her fellow Parkland students who were killed in the Feb. 14 shooting, then stands in silence http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK#MarchForOurLives
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“Since the time that I came out here, it has been 6 minutes and 20 seconds,”
@Emma4Change says, breaking her silence. "Fight for your lives before it is someone else's job." http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK#MarchForOurLives
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"Guns only serve one purpose: to take a life. They don’t spare, they don’t protect. They take lives," says one Parkland student. “We are saying no more.” http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
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"It is important that we realize that we are all Americans and we are susceptible to the same corruption and greed, regardless of who you are or where you come from," says
@davidhogg111, urging the crowd to vote http://cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK#MarchForOurLives
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