As an educator and gun violence activist, I sincerely appreciate and am heartened by youth and teachers rallying for their right to live and thrive in a country that promises so much, but has done very little to safeguard our communal spaces and our families. Instead, we've opted for gun laws that require little to no accountability for persons to their communities. We've let politicians who are responsible for this legislation convince us time and again that they are advocat

Today’s youth are powerful. People under the age of 25 comprise over 40% of the world’s population. And with the rise of collaborative technologies and social media, these nearly 2 billion youth worldwide can easily connect with each other despite the physical limitations of geographic distances. Evidence of this power can be seen in several instances globally and locally. Alec Loorz, a California native, at the age of 17 brought his peers together in 45 countries for the gl