Sentences with phrase «students about gun violence»

The program educates students about gun violence and the dangerous effects of bullying and exclusion.

Representative Sean Patrick Maloney has delivered letters written by Hudson Valley students about gun violence to House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Last week, the mayor held a town hall meeting to hear from students about gun violence in schools.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has delivered letters written by Hudson Valley students about gun violence to House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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Students will march, make signs, observe moments of silence, hand out orange ribbons to symbolize gun violence awareness, and read poems and essays about the personal scars gun violence has left behind.

About 100 of those students converged on the state Capitol in Tallahassee on Wednesday to demand that lawmakers take action against gun violence.

Students marched, made signs, observed moments of silence, handed out orange ribbons to symbolize gun violence awareness, and read poems and essays about the personal scars gun violence has left behind.

Earlier today, a 17 - year - old dstudent in Ocala was shot and wounded right before students were about to walk out to protest gun violence.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — More than 1,000 students and supporters marched across downtown Syracuse today to deliver a message about gun violence:

«Students from Park Slope to Parkland are leading a national movement demanding action to save lives amid our gun violence epidemic, and I believe our borough's young people will have plenty to say about this event happening in our own backyard,» Adams said.

Students hosted a discussion about gun violence in schools yesterday at Shaker High School in Latham, New York with Congressman Paul Tonko.

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While much of the discussion about gun reform revolves around high caliber fire arms, the Brooklyn students and their families deal with issues around smaller illegal hand guns and gang violence in their communities.

Students at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schooStudents at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoostudents have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schools safe.

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In The 74 Drew Pache and I look at school security and safety strategies that don't involve getting students overly anxious about gun violence.

The emergency management team at MCS says those high school students that voluntarily walk out at 10:00 AM will head to the football field to hear speakers talk about gun violence and the law.

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Students at Perspectives Charter Schools» three Chicago campuses have participated for the last four years in a peace movement that includes classes designed to develop independent thinkers and ethical leaders, a radio show, and peace talks in which students are welcomed to openly grieve or share stories about loved ones lost to gun violence, said Diana Shulla - Cose, founder and president of the charterStudents at Perspectives Charter Schools» three Chicago campuses have participated for the last four years in a peace movement that includes classes designed to develop independent thinkers and ethical leaders, a radio show, and peace talks in which students are welcomed to openly grieve or share stories about loved ones lost to gun violence, said Diana Shulla - Cose, founder and president of the charterstudents are welcomed to openly grieve or share stories about loved ones lost to gun violence, said Diana Shulla - Cose, founder and president of the charter school.

The cops regaled the few dozen students in the auditorium with statistics about the large number of young black men killed by gun violence, then admonished them against cursing in the presence of adults.

A pro-gun rally on the south side of the Kansas Statehouse drew about 200 people to Topeka on Friday morning as students around the country walked out of class to protest gun violence.

Lowell said the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in south Florida forced high school students to think more seriously about gun violence and to add their voices to the national debate over gun laws and school safety.

Edna Chavez, a 17 - year - old senior from South Los Angeles, made an impassioned speech about gun violence at the student led March for Our Lives in March 2018.

Student voices will fill the gallery with words that reflect reactions to the national conversation about gun violence and gun culture.

The March for Our Lives, scheduled for Saturday, was organized by the students to continue the national conversation about gun safety and legislation in the U.S. and to put pressure on politicians to sign into law new measures to make large - scale acts of violence like what happened at their Parkland school less common and more difficult to replicate.

Students who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead have focused their anger on the president, urging him and other elected officials to do something about gun violence.

The temporary exhibit, titled «Parkland 17,» also featured enlarged photos of the 14 students and three educators, along with facts about gun violence in America (13,000 annual gun homicides) and a phone booth labeled «Ring Your Rep,» with a direct line to Congress.

About 11 % of the high school's 3,000 students are black, and some say their concerns about gun violence are not getting enough attention, WPEC repoAbout 11 % of the high school's 3,000 students are black, and some say their concerns about gun violence are not getting enough attention, WPEC repoabout gun violence are not getting enough attention, WPEC reported.

As important as the students have been, however, the debate about reducing gun violence can't stop at schools.

Thousands of students from about 50 schools across South Florida mounted demonstrations and protests Wednesday — one week after the Parkland school shooting — calling for laws to be changed to curb gun violence.

«My ninth - grade year, I had about two friends that died from gun violence,» Northwestern student Jamesha Corker said.

On Friday, about 100 students from South Broward High School walked out of school to protest gun violence, carrying signs that said «Do Something» and «Protect our Kids, Not Your Guns.»

Spradlin, who is the president of the Young Democrats Club on campus, said there were three reasons the students participated in the walkout: first was to honor the lives of the victims; second was to show Congress that students care about the issue of gun violence; and third was to take direct action by registering students to vote and writing to members of Congress to demand change.

In between frantic text messages to family and friends, some of the students expressed their thoughts about gun violence and the change needed in the United States.

Like their peers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a gunman last month shot 17 students and faculty to death, the Excel students have strong thoughts and feelings about the impact of gun violence, and the changes they want to see locally and nationwide.

Students at Excel Academy in West Baltimore haven't experienced a school shooting, but have lost seven schoolmates to street gun violence in the last year and a half, and can share stories going back decades about the outsize role guns have played in their lives and the impact it has had on them.

As students walked out of schools across the country Wednesday to protest gun violence, a Senate hearing examined law enforcement agencies» failure to heed multiple warnings about the Parkland, Fla., man accused of killing 17 people at a high school, as well as the long record of failed gun control measures in Congress.

Since the shooting, several of the high school's students have spoken out about gun violence and have asked politicians to act.

Students learn about and discuss strikes by teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky, and consider how they are connected to student - led protests over gun violence.

Edna Chavez, a 17 - year - old senior from South Los Angeles, made an impassioned speech about gun violence at the student led March for Our Lives in March 2018.