Tag: Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

- Students and parents in Holliston say a speech given Friday by school shooting survivor and activist David Hogg was too political for a school setting. The speech entitled, "Engage in the Change: Our Generation Must Own Democracy," was expected to be an apolitical discussion, focusing on youth engagement. But 16-year-old sophomore Daniel Biundo, who was sitting with his classmates in the auditorium, told Boston 25 News Monday the second half of the speech took a turn. "It was billed as kind of a speech on civic engagement and trying to get the youth active," Biundo said. Biundo presented a petition signed by dozens of people to school administrators requesting a conservative speaker come to the school to allow students to hear both sides of the gun debate. Biundo said. "Apparently, toward the end of [Hogg’s] presentation, he kind of veered off into his other focus, which had more of a political tone to it, as has been told to me, despite assurances otherwise," Jackson said by phone Monday. Jackson said Hogg has a connection to a Holliston family and a group of students invited him to the school. Parents also expressed outrage on Facebook about what some said was a lack of sufficient notice about a controversial speech. "If this is a controversial speaker and he's coming to Holliston and he's going to give a speech, there should be a considerable notice," Biundo said.

“One of my goals in the next two years is to get 71% youth voter turnout in 2020,” Hogg told the Guardian in a recent phone interview. I think there’s a lot of people that, quite frankly, really, really, really hate our president David Hogg Working with young gun violence prevention activists from across the country, the Parkland made a bet this past spring that local organizing – and more local news coverage – could make a difference in the 2018 midterm elections. Over the summer, the March for Our Lives activists traveled on a bus tour to dozens of states to host rallies and voter registration drives, all with the goal of increasing youth voter turnout in the midterm elections. March for Our Lives is still focused on gun policy. The group is hoping to play a stronger lobbying role to pass gun control bills in state houses this year, as well as pressuring the senate, which is still controlled by Republican allies of the National Rifle Association, to pass a historic bill expanding background checks on gun sales. It’s possible to measure the influence of March for Our Lives so far by tallying up their year of wins and losses. These laws are already being used to prevent shootings, Hogg said. A national movement While the media spotlight still focuses most often on a handful of the most famous Parkland students, the teenage survivors a have spent the past year connecting with young activists who have long advocated for gun violence prevention in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. This was the answer that Hogg, among others, gave , in a phone interview that had been scheduled for 9pm. “Does March for Our Lives still exist in four years?

But for fans of The Bachelorette, it’s more than a reality show — it’s a lens through which we can view our own relationships and the mistakes we make along the way. The results of this season, which ended with Yrigoyen and Kufrin’s engagement, should serve as a reminder to find out the political views of our potential partners. Am I physically attracted to this person?” Fisher says. After establishing their date as a desirable mate, they’ll be more likely to talk politics, according to her research. Fisher says since the election ended, more singles have come around to the idea of dating people with different views. “The more politically engaged you are, the more likely you are for it to be important,” Fisher says. If you don’t want to end up with someone with opposite views, like Kufrin and Yrigoyen have, why waste your time on second, third, or fourth dates with them? Perhaps if Kufrin had asked more questions like this, she’d be able to know more about Yrigoyen’s ideals, and then if they were dealbreakers before saying “yes” to becoming Mrs. Yrigoyen. Another conversation starter: “Everyone talks about what’s going wrong right now; what do you think is going right?” Hogi says these kinds of conversations will give you much more insight into each other’s values than talking stances on policy would. Only time will tell what’s to come for the new fiancés: if they’ll accept their differences and try to focus on what they share; if they’ll run into problems down the road; or if — my personal hope for Kufrin — Yrigoyen learns that love trumps hate, joins her at next year’s Women’s March, and makes a sizable donation to RAICES.