Glimmer of Hope: Knight Reading (Reading in Common), 2019-2020

Journalism frames the stories that get told. South Florida Sun Sentinel worked to expose "failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School."

"No longer the new kids on the block, Millennials have moved firmly into their 20s and 30s, and a new generation is coming into focus. Generation Z – diverse and on track to be the most well-educated generation yet – is moving toward adulthood with a liberal set of attitudes and an openness to emerging social trends."

Throughout history and today, young people have often been at the forefront for change.

The Parkland Students emboldened a new generation of activists.

"Born out of the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers Community is a network of inspiring young people under the age of 30 working together to address local, regional and global challenges."

Young Futurists is The Root's "annual list of the 25 best and brightest young African-Americans who excel in the fields of social justice and activism, arts and culture, enterprise and corporate innovation, science and technology, and green innovation."

21 young plaintiffs from the case, Juliana v. United States, argue their constitutional rights are being violated based on the 2018 United Nations report on the current rate of global emissions leading toward climate catastrophe.

"While America’s parents have been wringing their hands over online safety, kids have steadily taken to social media, smartphones, and other digitally-enabled technologies to seek and promote their physical safety."

"Parkland students, born in the early to mid-2000s, intuitively understand how to deploy social media against politicians to demand action on gun violence—and it seems to be working."

"Students at a Florida high school captured a deadly shooting as it unfolded on Feb. 14, 2018. Digital culture reporter Abby Ohlheiser explains how social media has changed the way the public experiences mass shootings."

"The first step of the Never Again movement was believing in an idea that the rest of America had grown too cynical to imagine: that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High really could be the last school shooting in America."

"For all the jokes and dismissals about teens and their social awkwardness and their addiction to their smartphones and social media, there is clearly something in the water with these kids. They’re smart, they’re savvy, they’re fired up and they’re not taking things lying down."