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global1

(25,253 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:08 AM Jun 2018

Where Are The Parkland Students Today In Their 2 Month Bustour....

of the country to register young voters?

Unfortunately this 'children/parent separation' issue is taking all the oxygen in the news and these Parkland Students are not getting the coverage they should be getting in their effort to stop guns.

If you happen to be in a city that they are at today or coming to in the near future - please keep us informed of their whereabouts and their mission.

They started their tour in my city of Chicago about a week ago. I posted that here on DU - but I haven't seen much about them since then.

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Where Are The Parkland Students Today In Their 2 Month Bustour.... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2018 OP
Sioux City on Wednesday SharonClark Jun 2018 #1
Omaha on Tuesday SharonClark Jun 2018 #2
Cedar Rapids on Thursday SharonClark Jun 2018 #3
Kansas City on Monday SharonClark Jun 2018 #4
Parkland students rally in Wisconsin as part of Road to Change tour oberliner Jun 2018 #5
Schedule SharonClark Jun 2018 #6
Thank You For These Updates & Schedule.... global1 Jun 2018 #7

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
1. Sioux City on Wednesday
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:14 AM
Jun 2018

SIOUX CITY — More than 150 people came Wednesday to North High School to discuss ways to end gun violence in schools and other places, in an event kicked off by comments from a student survivor of a February mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school....After Corin spoke, the tour’s youth meetup at North High saw 45 local and Parkland pupils moving to tables to discuss ways to impact gun laws. They also made posters, then took them for a protest at the downtown Sioux City office of U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, later in the afternoon, where about 100 people turned out.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
2. Omaha on Tuesday
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jun 2018

OMAHA - The town hall-style event, at the Hilton Omaha at 10th and Cass Streets, drew more than 250 people, a diverse crowd of teens, adults and parents with kids. The tour has made stops in Chicago and Kansas City and has stops planned in Sioux City and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after Omaha. More than 50 stops are planned in 20-plus states.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
3. Cedar Rapids on Thursday
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:26 AM
Jun 2018

CEDAR RAPIDS - On Thursday, they spent the afternoon at Raygun in Cedar Rapids, where Emma Gonzalez, Cameron Kasky and other other Parkland, Florida, students joined members of NextGen Iowa. A town hall was also held later in the evening at Linn-Mar High School in Marion.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. Kansas City on Monday
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jun 2018

Before a crowd of roughly 1,500 people in Kansas City, Kan., Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky recounted Monday night what terrified him most when a gunman entered his Florida high school and killed 17 of his peers earlier this year.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. Parkland students rally in Wisconsin as part of Road to Change tour
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:33 AM
Jun 2018
Students from Parkland, Fla., are hitting the road this summer to advocate for stricter gun control laws and to get students registered to vote. The Road to Change Tour is making three stops in Wisconsin this weekend, starting with the Student Meet-Up on Friday in Janesville.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2018/06/22/parkland-students-rally-wisconsin-part-road-change-tour/721117002/
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