What’s in it for me? Learn how high school students took matters into their own hands.

Sadly, school shootings have become all too common in the United States. Since the Columbine massacre in 1999, there have been 47 similar shootings across the country, resulting in many fatalities.

And, infuriatingly, each new shooting triggers the same cycle: an outpouring of grief, a brief debate over gun control and then protestations that it’s not right to politicize a tragedy. Soon enough, the matter drops out of the public eye, though nothing has changed. Everything remains as it was, setting the stage for the next shooting.

This pattern changed after the Parkland, Florida, attack in February 2018. Student survivors felt that it was high time they took matters into their own hands. So they started their own campaign on social media to raise awareness about the issue and stand up to those who tried to discredit them.

These blinks detail how the attack affected siblings David and Lauren Hogg, and how their experiences – from being exposed early on to the realities of guns and gun violence to debating gun-control issues in high school – led to their involvement in the March for Our Lives movement.

You’ll also learn

how an aggressive lifeguard taught David the power of media;
how school students took on the NRA; and
the ten demands that they still want addressed.