Students to march for gun law reform, protest campus shootings
In response to the recent mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, a march in downtown Chico has been planned for next week on March 14.
Students from Chico High School, Inspire School of Arts & Sciences, and Chico State plan to walk out of their classrooms and march from their campuses into downtown Chico. The goal is to protest gun violence on campuses and to stand in solidarity with survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Marchers will begin walking out at 10 a.m. to arrive downtown at the City Plaza at 11:30 a.m., according to an emailed release from the Chico Walkout and March Committee.
Until 3 p.m., students, faculty, and community members will be gathering in the Plaza to protest sales of semi-automatic and automatic firearms to citizens, according to the release. They will also call for more pre-sale license renewal screenings, gun-free campuses, and an end to campaign funding from special interest groups like the NRA.
Speeches, dance performances, food and other events are planned during this event, open to all ages. In the release, the committee encouraged teachers to take 17 moments of silence for the lives lost in Florida during the event,
This event is youth organized, but the Committee is available for more information at [email protected]. They will be offering parking spaces and places to table at the event.
Natalie Hanson can be reached at [email protected] or @NatalieH_Orion on Twitter.
Alyssa M Isaacs-Casey // Mar 13, 2018 at 1:33 am
Near as I can tell about 98% of this info is wrong. Alyssa M Isaacs-Casey
Chico State Mom
Dr. Kathleen Kaiser, Chico Unified School Board // Mar 6, 2018 at 2:21 pm
I take it very seriously that without checking with any of the senior CUSD administrators that you publish this account. Had you done any actual research you would know that the LAW requires that any student who walks away from school and is not an excused absence must face school sanctions. That is not freedom of speech but the exercise of the legal responsibility of the school. You have just announced for anyone who has an opposing viewpoint on the issue of gun control of where a major group of those with opposite opinions can be located at one time and place. We can’t allow our students, who are minors, to run that risk which is against the law by leaving school grounds. That is a very distinct situation from the college students, who are adults and free to exercise their rights in a different way and venue.