The student activists behind Chattanooga’s 2018 March for Our Lives and school walkouts calling for an end to gun violence are back.
Chattanooga Students Leading Change will host a rally and memorial Saturday in Miller Plaza in honor of the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead.
If you go
What: A Rally of Remembrance for the Parkland 17Who: Chattanooga Students Leading ChangeWhen: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on SaturdayWhere: Miller Park, 910 Market St., Chattanooga
Eliza Brand, left, and Victoria Woodward, center, cheer during the March for Our Lives in Coolidge Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of demonstrators marched locally in solidarity with national protests against gun violence spurred by last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla.The group of middle and high school students from public and private schools around Chattanooga began meeting last year soon after the shooting as teenagers across the country followed the lead of Parkland survivors and expressed outrage over the tragedy.
Since last year’s March for Our Lives, the local group has traveled to the state Capitol and Washington, D.C., to lobby lawmakers; held a vigil for victims of the deadly Waffle House shooting in Nashville; and partnered with other advocacy groups, including Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action and Moms for Social Justice.