Posts Tagged ‘walkout’
Guest Column: Be Proactive, Not Reactive
What IfNotNow appears to not understand as an organization, and as individuals, is that effective problem-solving results from a proactive approach rather than a reactive one. If you’re a member of IfNotNow and you’re reading this, your jaw may have just dropped. How dare he say that? Our protests and demonstrations make a huge difference…
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Why I Protest Gun Violence
People asked me why we walked out of school on March 14. They were bewildered when we walked out a second time on April 20. They were dumbfounded to see us standing in the pouring rain with candles after Santa Fe. Every time, my answer for them was the same: We are standing here because…
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Students Create Meaningful Program
I read with interest your article “Local Walkouts” (March 22-28 edition) about area school events marking one month since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting tragedy. At Farber Hebrew Day School, our middle school and high school assembled for a beautifully meaningful 17-minute gathering in our school synagogue to commemorate the 17 student and teacher victims.…
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Local Walkouts On March 14
It could have been them. One month after a gunman killed 17 at a high school in Parkland, Fla., thousands of students here and across the country on March 14 kept this sentiment in mind and walked out of their classrooms for 17-minute demonstrations when the clock struck 10. [similar id=40708 type=all] They recited the…
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