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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeveral of the Parkland FL students have taken to the road to Register voters this summer....pics...
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Registered 59 people to vote at Minneapolis Pride! Join us in voting this November and register at https://marchforourlives.com/vote-for-our-lives/ #RoadToChange
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Several of the Parkland FL students have taken to the road to Register voters this summer....pics... (Original Post)
riversedge
Jun 2018
OP
every vote counts is a great motto. They might get a few signed up (hoping they are
riversedge
Jun 2018
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TTheStruggleisReal
(14 posts)1. My heart wells with joy at this.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. That is a wonderful move on behalf of the Kids.
Especially doing a session in Osseo,Mn. One of those ultra Conservative spots in Minnesota 6.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)3. every vote counts is a great motto. They might get a few signed up (hoping they are
Dems)
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)5. That's my old back yard. Would have loved to be on hand.
Time to balance the Books.
mcar
(42,474 posts)4. These young men and women are strong, stalwart and determined!
riversedge
(70,464 posts)6. 500 attend Parkland students' town hall in Milwaukee on Road to Change tour
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500 attend Parkland students' town hall in Milwaukee on Road to Change tour
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/06/23/parkland-students-stop-milwaukee-road-change-tour/728696002/
Samantha West, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:06 p.m. CT June 23, 2018 | Updated 11:58 a.m. CT June 24, 2018
Photos: Parkland Florida students
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Alfonso Calderon, 16, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HIgh School, castigated House Speaker Paul Ryan for not supporting gun control during a stop in Janesville Friday. Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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(Photo: Samantha West / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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One day her friends would be outside playing with her near her home on North King Drive. The next day, they'd never show up. They'd been shot.
Gunshots were constantly in the background of growing up in Milwaukee.
In response to these stories from fellow Milwaukee students Saturday, Tatiana Washington, a student at Rufus King High School, nodded as they spoke, all too aware of these narratives.
"All of us here, we're speaking from our trauma," Washington said, staring out into the audience solemnly. "We're speaking from our own fear."
Just got home from #RoadToChange@AMarch4OurLives and I hear gunshots. My community has become numb to this. It is not okay.
This is why we fight. Milwaukee doesnt have to be this way.
Tatiana Washington (@TatiMonet) June 24, 2018
Washington and other Milwaukee high school and college students spoke along with other panelists and activists from Parkland, Fla., Waukesha and Chicago at the Road to Change Tour's stop at the Wisconsin Center................................
appalachiablue
(41,204 posts)7. Bravo! Pride and Joy :)
"Young wolves, show me your teeth"