Sentences with phrase «end to gun violence»

It's easy to think of the Stoneman Douglas survivors — strikingly eloquent and fiercely committed to bringing a permanent end to gun violence in US schools — as older than their years.

Some of us are new to this fight, but across America there are people, young and old, who have been fighting for gun safety and an end to gun violence of all kinds.

Come Saturday morning, these multiple faith organizations, including Central Presbyterian, not only made an appearance in D.C., but showed up in full force, signs in hand, ready to march alongside one another to support an end to gun violence.

Putting an end to gun violence and ensuring school safety are top priorities, but I doubt this particular legislation will have an impact on either of those goals.»

Yesterday, students at Validus Preparatory Academy marched through the streets of the high school's Tremont neighborhood demanding an end to the gun violence that took the lives of two of their classmates in just seven month's time.

will hold a candlelight vigil on Monday, Nov. 23 outside the Bronx County building at 851 Grand Concourse to call an end to gun violence.

Also at 7 p.m., a vigil marking the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and advocating for an end to gun violence nationwide with NYC Councilman Jumaane Williams, the New York Coalition to End Gun Violence and a coalition of dozens of other groups, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 W. 73rd St., Manhattan.

At SUV's April 11th rally, dozens of community residents and Councilman Andy King, joined the Franco family as they marched through the streets of Williamsbridge demanding an end to gun violence.

Parkland's legislative aftermath — The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Broward County shook the entire country and the state Capitol this week, reviving the political debate on what can be done to put an end to gun violence.

UPPER MANHATTAN — A week after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 27 dead, uptown campaigners are showing their support for an end to gun violence at nightly vigils.

NEW YORK — Across the country, as well as across the tri-state region and all over New York City, students walked out of school by the thousands to call for stricter gun laws, and to call for an end to gun violence.

Now, as an adult, he works to put an end to gun violence in his community by applying what he knows about fighting to issues in his city.

Banding Together to Stop Gun Violence With the support of a teacher, students at Suncoast High School in Florida wrote and recorded a CD of songs urging an end to gun violence.

With the support of a teacher, students at Suncoast High School in Florida wrote and recorded a CD of songs urging an end to gun violence.

Now these students are calling on schools and radio stations across the U.S. to join them in calling for an end to gun violence.

As a tribute to Arne's sense of connection to the community and his deep quest for social justice, he personally led a large demonstration at Soldiers Field in Chicago of educators, parents, students, and community leaders to call for an end to gun violence.

The piece, titled «The Embassy,» engages local rappers and artists in putting an end to the gun violence that's aff ected the lives of so many New Orleans natives.

The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.

The national event came a week after hundreds of Baltimore students left school to march to City Hall to call for an end to gun violence in schools and on the city's streets.

(Newser)-- The students in Florida pushing for an end to gun violence after the Parkland mass shooting remind Bill Murray of the students who pushed for an end to the Vietnam War half a century ago.

Corin, 17, 11th - grade class president at Stoneman Douglas, stressed that putting an end to gun violence is «a bipartisan issue» that can be achieved through gun regulations.

The students, many weeping, described the trauma of the shootings and pleaded that the government bring an end to gun violence.

Beigel's mother, Linda Schulman, addressed the crowd, giving a passionate plea to help put an end to gun violence.