Watch: Minn. Schools Prepare For National Student Walkouts

TWIN CITIES, MN — A month after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead, students across Minnesota will participate in a nationwide walkout Wednesday in protest of gun violence. The 17-minute walkout is one of hundreds that will be held across the United States organized by "Women’s March Youth EMPOWER."

The length of time was chosen to honor the memory of the 17 Parkland victims.

"Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school," the organization said in a statement. "Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day."

"Congress must take meaningful action to keep us safe and pass federal gun reform legislation that address the public health crisis of gun violence. We want Congress to pay attention and take note: many of us will vote this November and many others will join in 2020."

A number of school in the Twin Cities are participating in the walkout, including (but not limited to):

• Apple Valley High School
• Benilde-St. Margaret's
• Burnsville High School
• Central High School
• Eagan High School
• East Ridge High School
• Eastview High School
• Eden Prairie High School
• Edina High School
• Falcon Heights Elementary School
• Highland Park Senior High School
• Hill-Murray School
• Lakeville South High School
• Lyndale Community School
• Minnetonka High School
• Mound-Westonka High School
• Murray Middle School
• North High School
• Northfield Middle School
• Oak Grove Middle School
• Orono High School
• Osseo Senior High School
• Ramsey Middle School
• Roseville Area High School
• Simley High School
• St. Louis Park High School
• St. Michael-Albertville High School
• Stillwater Area High School
• Washburn High School
• Wayzata Central Middle School
• Wayzata East Middle School
• Wayzata High School
• Woodbury High School

Check out the complete list of Minnesota schools with students participating in the walkout Wednesday.

The nationwide walkout comes a week after student demonstrators marched from Central High School in Saint Paul to the Minnesota State Capitol to protest gun violence.

What live footage of the walkouts from across the Twin Cities metro:

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