With slogans against violence, they attracted the attention of the students.
It was a busy afternoon at Florida International University’s Graham Center, but these activists from the Students Demand Actions network braved the heat to seek signatures and raise awareness of gun violence across the country.
Taine Patterson, organizer of “Students demand action”, insists that students call their representatives in the legislature and congress, the university authorities. “We want them to prioritize our lives over business,” he says.
This event is part of a nationwide networking effort that aims to engage students across the country. Here in Florida, they also performed in Tampa. Everything, even with the mourning and alarm of the armed attack on the Covenant school in Tennessee, which claimed the lives of 3 children and 3 adults.
According to NBC NEWS tracking, in the current year, 9 people have been killed and 6 injured in 3 school shootings. In 2022, there were 7 events with 29 deaths and in 2021, five people
Nyah Challkir, Integrant of “Students demand action”, from:
“Having a gun without a criminal record check, without permission. These are weapons that kill on a daily basis and there are fewer and fewer regulations without any security in this area.