It’s been one month since 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, and since then the community has come together with blood drives, fundraisers, town halls, and calls to elected officials for change.
Students have lead the charge in advocacy, calling for change in different arenas to ensure that another Parkland does not happen again. In honor of the one-month anniversary, young people across the country organized National Walkout Day events to honor those who were killed and take a stand against gun violence.
Here are moments from walkouts in our community:
At Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the students filed out quietly, this song was played and they stood on the field for 17 minutes, the same field many of them ran across on this day last month to escape the massacre at their school. @WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/HNr6mniVOK
— Erica Rakow (@EricaRakow) March 14, 2018
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to include surrounding middle schools are all walking out right now on #NationalWalkoutDay @thedailybeast pic.twitter.com/x2g04OCnI4
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) March 14, 2018
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, along with students from West Glades Elementary School marched to Pine Trails Park where there’s been a outpouring of flowers, cards, and banners calling for change. #NationalWalkoutDaypic.twitter.com/zhxKd747m1
— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) March 14, 2018
Everyone walking to pine trails #NationalWalkoutDaypic.twitter.com/sz7WCSpjxs
— bella (@dougIasstrong) March 14, 2018
students walking out of class at Taravella high school #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/lhj22aeO1n
— Angie🌺 (@Angelicahoyoss) March 14, 2018
#NationalWalkoutDay was 17 minutes of walkout to honor victims in the #ParklandShooting and #DBHS took the #StudentWalkout as a moment of silence to honor #MSDStrong pic.twitter.com/a6hKa2y3Zg
— Deerfield Beach High (@DBHSpathfinder) March 14, 2018
#nationalwalkoutday #MSDStrong it’s been one month, the 17 lives will not go by forgotten💛💛 pic.twitter.com/iEmndlW4EM
— alex han (@alvxhan) March 14, 2018
At Cooper City High School, 17 doves were released in the middle of a circle of desks and podiums to represent the students and teachers killed.
Beautiful ceremony at @CooperCityHigh this morning as students gathered around 17 empty desks and released 17 doves in honor of those who lost their lives in Parkland pic.twitter.com/qSAhJdBd5U
— WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) March 14, 2018
College students, including those at Florida Atlantic University, Lynn University, Nova Southeastern University and Broward College, also participated.
#FAU students stand in remembrance of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and protest gun violence on #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/kO92PR4hMJ
— FAU News Desk (@FAUNewsDesk) March 14, 2018
#FAU students, faulty and staff participate in #NationalWalkoutDay to honor the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and protest gun violence. pic.twitter.com/XhZwtS2BVV
— Florida Atlantic (@FloridaAtlantic) March 14, 2018
Walkout at Lynn University! #Enough #MSDStrong #NeverAgain #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/TskxlbN6IS
— Susan Werner (@SusanWerner33) March 14, 2018
NSU students, faculty, and staff participated in the #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/Hfe5vpZ9W6
— Nova Southeastern U. (@NovaSE) March 14, 2018
17 minutes of silence for support of #msdstrong #neveragain #nationalwalkoutday pic.twitter.com/Gh3X5ql29I
— NSU Tutoring Testing (@NSUTTCenter) March 14, 2018
Others outside of schools also participated in the walkout. Employees at Citrix, a software company based in Fort Lauderdale, walked out of work for 17 minutes.
@citrix is #msdstrong ❤️ To mark the one month anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas tragedy, Citrix organized a 17 minute walk around the campus in honor of the 17 victims. #citrixcares pic.twitter.com/6SWnzgfd8b
— Abbi Perry (@Abbi_Nicole14) March 14, 2018
