'Our lives are more valuable than a gun.'
Students across the country left their classrooms today -- to demand action on gun violence.
These walkouts are intended to force lawmakers to protect them from school shootings like the one this week in Uvalde, Texas. In Oxford, Michigan -- the site of another deadly school shooting less than six months ago -- students formed a large"U" on the football field to honor Uvalde, Texas."Please, just protect the kids. Our lives are more valuable than a gun," said organizer Joy Block.which took place after the massacre in Parkland, Florida, will once again happen on June 11th in Washington D.C.
Together, we rose up 4 years ago. 1 million of us demanded change. We built a movement. We voted for new leaders.Now is the moment we march again. Can we count on you to be there June 11?
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