Students rally against gun violence, again (NY)

Jason Subik | June 2, 2018

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Annika Brown, a junior at Schuylerville High School, was in the process of planning a student rally and march against gun violence when she heard about the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas on May 18.

"As sad as it is," she said, "I was not surprised, because that is the world we're living in."

Brown, described by friends and family as a usually "shy person," had been spurred into political action after 17 people were murdered during the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. She and other members of the "Students Demand Action" chapter at her high school organized a "walk-in" on the grounds of her school on March 14 to commemorate the lives of the students lost to school shootings.

She said she and her fellow students were punished with a 10th-period detention for their efforts. She said she decided to reach out to activist Saratoga Springs student Padraig Bond to form a multi-school "Students Demand Action Rally Against Gun Violence" to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday.

https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/06/02/students-rally-against-gun-violence-again