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Batavia High School Walkout: 'We Still Have A Long Battle Ahead'
Batavia High School students participated in the nationwide walkout against gun violence, but they say there's still more work to do.
BATAVIA, IL — Students at Batavia High School shared a moment of silence with thousands of students across the country Wednesday when they participated in the walkout against gun violence. The walkout comes exactly one month after 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
During the walkout, students chanted "enough is enough," many of them joining arms in a show of solidarity. Other students held handmade signs that read "Change Could Have Saved Them."
members of our walkout at Batavia HS held a minute of silence today and chanted #enoughisenough . We currently have students and administration working together to make our school more safe and accepting in the hopes that #neveragain will an event like parkland occur. pic.twitter.com/mcViIk0lWu
— joy (@joyllybelly) March 14, 2018
Now that today's walkout has passed, the #MarchForOurLives is the next step. There are many different marches taking place in the Chicagoland area. This was organized by the survivors of the Parkland shooting and it affects each and every high school student in the country.
— Batavia High School Walkout (@BHS_Walkout) March 14, 2018
The March 14 walkout may be over, but Batavia High School students are already planning another walkout on April 24 to support the #MarchforOurLives movement. Referencing Bruce Rauner's veto of the gun dealer licensing bill, one walkout organizer tweeted, "This does not mean the fight is over..."
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