Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Mid-South Students Join National Walkout to Protest Gun Violence
Posted By Maya Smith on Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:10 AM
One month after 17 students were gunned down and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students here participated in National Walkout Day to protest gun violence and urge Congress to take legislative action on gun control.
At 10 a.m., students at the University of Memphis and Rhodes College joined others across the country, staying out of class for 17 minutes to honor the 17 Parkland victims last month.
Walkout for gun violence https://t.co/IAWDQYSJ9u
— The Daily Helmsman (@DailyHelmsman) March 14, 2018
@RhodesCollege students walk out in commemoration of our family who lost their lives in Florida. I’m proud of them. These are the young people I know. This is how I know young people. Young people all day everyday. #neveragainwalkout pic.twitter.com/8xGnGpSCMF
— Black Dean Magic (@BlackDeanMagic) March 14, 2018
Students in West Memphis also walked out.
okay then West Memphis #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/fQjWAdV8jq
— kaya (@shortnovelist) March 14, 2018
Other Memphians tweeted their support.
To all the children walking out: we're with you. Maybe you can do what we couldn't. We're very proud of you. #NationalWalkoutDay
— Katrina Goddam Coleman (@KatrinaLColeman) March 14, 2018
Seeing pictures from #NationalWalkoutDay is inspiring and motivating... The future fights back!
— Michael Murphy (@MurphyPolls) March 14, 2018
You cannot keep a blind eye to the rampant gun violence against our students, concert goers, church parishioners, inner city youth and other innocents. #NationalWalkoutDay #GunReformNow
— RandymH (@RandymH) March 14, 2018
You said you weren't afraid of the @NRA. Prove you aren't a puppet.
While some disagreed with the students' actions.
The kids that are walking out of school should be suspended. What happens when you walk out of work, you get fired. That's the real world
— Big Mike (@mwilkerson519) March 14, 2018
In Nashville, local students walked out and then rallied near the Capitol.
Students rallying now at TN Capitol. https://t.co/jllwD5mIbt
— Chas Sisk (@chassisk) March 14, 2018
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