LibGuides: Glimmer of Hope: Knight Reading (Reading in Common), 2019-2020: Day One: The Event/Response

@AMarch4OurLives

#NeverAgain

Cooper, K. (2018, February 18). In Florida aftermath, US students say 'Never Again.' Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43105699.
In the immediate aftermath of the Parkland shooting, students took their Never Again messaging to the media. This message evolved into the larger March for Our Lives movement.
Zegers, K. (2019, February 14). Timeline: How the #NeverAgain movement gained momentum after Parkland. Retrieved from https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Parkland-Timeline-Never-Again-Activism-505560931.html
After the shooting, students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida took immediate action hoping this shooting would be different.

"March for Our Lives Rally DC" by Mobilus In Mobiliis licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#MarchForOurLives

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, March 28). Emma Gonzalez speaks at March For Our Lives - "Six minutes and twenty seconds" [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6VnYXv2grU.

Conti, M. (2018). The sound of silence: A viewer’s guide to Emma González’s March for Our Lives Speech. Theatre Journal 70(4), E-8-E-11. Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved from Project MUSE database.
"Silence is a deeply political—and politicized—act. It is an instrument of protection, oppression, and repression. It can mask or reveal, invalidate or empower. If silence is golden, it is also violent. Silence is a state-of-being/doing that is often weighed and interpreted through perceptions of race, gender, class, and ability. And silence is consequential."

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, March 28). David Hogg speaks at March For Our Lives - "We say no more" [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXC-SSdCEMg.

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, March 28). Cameron Kasky speaks at March For Our Lives - "We are the change" [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc2il-20g8.

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, March 29). Jaclyn Corin speaks at March For Our Lives - "Parkland is my home" [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitgrmpWw2s.

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, March 28). Alex Wind speaks at March For Our Lives - "Bullets do not discriminate" [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiY9NqdJa1s.

See other speeches from March for Our Lives 2018
Many diverse voices and varied perspectives were given time at the microphone at the March For Our Lives Rally. Watch some of their speeches on YouTube.

#RoadToChange

Edwards, M. (2018, June 16). Parkland students kick off 'Road to Change' tour in Chicago. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/16/us/parkland-students-tour-chicago-rally/index.html.
After a successful national march, Parkland students embark on a nationwide advocacy tour.

March for Our Lives. [Screen name]. (2018, August 17). Behind the scenes on the Road to Change [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=VNxNoLkog_s.

More Parkland Voices

Edwards, A. A. (2018, March 30). Black Parkland students say they feel excluded from growing gun control movement. Retrieved from https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/03/195175/black-marjory-stoneman-douglas-students-gun-control-never-again-movem
"'We feel like people within the movement have definitely addressed racial disparity but haven't adequately taken action to counteract that racial disparity,' Tyah Roberts, a 17-year-old junior, told Refinery29 on Friday."
Coaston, J. (2018, April 18). You’ve heard of David Hogg. But the right has claimed another Parkland student as its own. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/2018/4/18/17207458/parkland-kyle-kashuv-ben-shapiro-david-hogg-guns-parkland-fox.
Survivor, Kyle Kashuv, calls himself a pro-gun activist, and he is working to balance stopping another school shooting with maintaining the Second Amendment.

Artistic Renderings

Singh-Kurtz, S. (2018, December 10). An art show parodying America in the age of school shootings is not far from reality. Retrieved from https://qz.com/quartzy/1489269/art-basel-2018-an-artists-parody-of-america-in-an-age-of-school-shootings/.
"A striking show at this year’s Scope contemporary art fair took on the topic of gun control with an installation that parodied back-to-school shopping in the age of rampant mass shootings in America."

Change the Ref. [Screen name]. (2018, January 28). Stand up against gun violence - ChangeTheRef [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERPmtOw1e0.