It has been a month since the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, where former high-schooler Nikolas Cruz shot 17 victims with an AR-15. Cruz is now in custody, awaiting his trial and judgment. With students still mourning the deaths of their classmates and teacher, students at Stoneman Douglas have begun a movement called “March For Our Lives.” They are sick and tired of kids in high school, getting shot and killed with military guns. The organization is asking for better gun control, to ban bump stocks, and to check mental health issues.

By putting the blame on the NRA, the organization has started to call everyone to protest and fight against this act and its inexcusable acceptance by the NRA. On March 23rd, March For Our Lives protested in Washington, D.C., and while it was happening, I went to Philadelphia to support the cause. The march began at Independence Hall as teachers, students from various schools, and parents arrived to march. As the march began, students from a local high school in northern Philadelphia marched up front and began walking toward Spruce Street Harbor Park.

 

 

 

As thousands of people led the march and chanted toward the harbor, people waited with some of the spokespeople from The March of Our Lives organization, including PA’s district attorney general, a local Philadelphian singer, an alumnus from Stoneman Douglas who had moved to Philadelphia, and a few other speakers as well.