Seventeen lives ended prematurely one year ago Thursday. A mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida created nationwide sympathy for the school’s community and led to...

Following the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, Emma Gonzalez became a household name because of her dedication to changing gun laws in her state and in the country. The movement called “March for Our Lives” emerged in the aftermath of the shootings, and on Saturday, hundreds of cities took part in the march to stand in solidarity with the victims of gun violence. And what’s been done recently in the government has shown me that youth are the future of this country.

The “March for Our Lives” rally, sparked by the killing of 17 people in Parkland, Florida and held this Saturday, was a testament to the shouts for change and demands for an end to the injustices committed in our own country. Guns have been claiming lives for far too long, and protesters came out to stand in solidarity with victims of these acts of violence who are fed up with the facts. They formed a united front to restrict the prevalence of guns in the United States.

Six survivors of the February school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spoke at a forum Tuesday night at the Harvard Kennedy School about advocacy and the socioeconomic disparity in the gun violence conversation.