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Several of the Parkland FL students have taken to the road to Register voters this summer....pics... (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2018 OP
My heart wells with joy at this. TTheStruggleisReal Jun 2018 #1
That is a wonderful move on behalf of the Kids. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #2
every vote counts is a great motto. They might get a few signed up (hoping they are riversedge Jun 2018 #3
That's my old back yard. Would have loved to be on hand. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #5
These young men and women are strong, stalwart and determined! mcar Jun 2018 #4
500 attend Parkland students' town hall in Milwaukee on Road to Change tour riversedge Jun 2018 #6
Bravo! Pride and Joy :) appalachiablue Jun 2018 #7
 

Wellstone ruled

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2. That is a wonderful move on behalf of the Kids.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:39 PM
Jun 2018

Especially doing a session in Osseo,Mn. One of those ultra Conservative spots in Minnesota 6.

riversedge

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6. 500 attend Parkland students' town hall in Milwaukee on Road to Change tour
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:51 PM
Jun 2018






500 attend Parkland students' town hall in Milwaukee on Road to Change tour




https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/06/23/parkland-students-stop-milwaukee-road-change-tour/728696002/
Samantha West, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:06 p.m. CT June 23, 2018 | Updated 11:58 a.m. CT June 24, 2018





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Alfonso Calderon, 16, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HIgh School, castigated House Speaker Paul Ryan for not supporting gun control during a stop in Janesville Friday. Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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(Photo: Samantha West / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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One day her friends would be outside playing with her near her home on North King Drive. The next day, they'd never show up. They'd been shot.

Gunshots were constantly in the background of growing up in Milwaukee.

In response to these stories from fellow Milwaukee students Saturday, Tatiana Washington, a student at Rufus King High School, nodded as they spoke, all too aware of these narratives.

"All of us here, we're speaking from our trauma," Washington said, staring out into the audience solemnly. "We're speaking from our own fear."

Just got home from #RoadToChange@AMarch4OurLives and I hear gunshots. My community has become numb to this. It is not okay.

This is why we fight. Milwaukee doesn’t have to be this way.
— Tatiana Washington (@TatiMonet) June 24, 2018

Washington and other Milwaukee high school and college students spoke along with other panelists and activists from Parkland, Fla., Waukesha and Chicago at the Road to Change Tour's stop at the Wisconsin Center................................
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