In this powerful new article, BuzzFeed News’ Remy Smidt reports from inside the grassroots activist group that’s been formed by teens who survived the school shooting
at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which
left 17 dead and 14 wounded. The students have emerged as vocal
activists on both social media and traditional media platforms (a CNN
excerpt of senior Emma González’s impassioned speech
has been shared thousands of times on Twitter). And they’ve inspired a
wave of other young activists too; high school students in Maine
recently staged a gun control protest in place of a routine lock-down drill.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas students have done an incredible amount
of organizing over the past week, including planning the nationwide March for Our Lives demonstration on March 24. And Smidt reports on what it’s like to watch the young activists at work:
