Students take part in national walkout
by Juanita I.C. Traughber, communications director
More than 200 Middle and High School students held signs and stood in silence on the front lawn to advocate for gun legislation reform and remember victims of gun violence in schools.
More than 200 Middle and High School students held signs and stood in silence on the front lawn to advocate for gun legislation reform and remember victims of gun violence in schools.
University School of Nashville students advocated for gun legislation reform and remembered recent victims of gun violence in schools Wednesday, March 14 as they took part in the national school walkout.
For 17 minutes, one for each victim of the February shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, some 200 Middle and High School students held signs and stood in silence on the front lawn. A few USN alumni and dozens of faculty and staff joined them. A few passers-by watched from the sidewalk, and cars slowed while driving on Edgehill Avenue. Metro Nashville Public School students taking classes at Vanderbilt University also walked over to Edgehill Avenue and sat on the Peabody Green wall.
Griffin Harrington ’19 and Ella Steinhilber ’19 galvanized students at USN. Speaking to the crowd from USN’s front stairs, Student Body Vice President Eli Horton '18 thanked his peers for participating in their efforts to change the future.
“As the youth of America, we are going to make a change,” he said. “Take these 17 minutes with you for the rest of your life.”
Harrington and Steinhilber spoke with Fox17 and NewsChannel5 in the days leading up to the national protest.
This event was organized by students, and USN administrators worked with student leaders to be sure the walkout was a teachable moment to help them think through current events and make a lasting impact.
Several students also plan to take a bus to Washington, D.C. for a march at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, March 24 and are working with MNPS students for another demonstration Friday, April 20.
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