Hoboken Private School Students Plan Walkout On Gun Violence

HOBOKEN, NJ — Public school students in New Jersey who plan to protest against gun violence won’t stand alone on Wednesday. Students and teachers at a private school in Hoboken will be joining the national rally in solidarity, administrators have announced.

On March 14, grade 6-8 students at Mustard Seed School in Hoboken will participate in the National School Walkout, along with their teachers. According to administrators, the walkout is being held in conjunction with the Women’s March Youth EMPOWER movement to protest the U.S. Congress’ "inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers" in response to the gun violence plaguing schools and neighborhoods.

The “intercultural, interdenominational Christian” school serves 270 preK-8th grade students, according to its website.

Administrators released the following statement about the walkout on Tuesday:

“Mustard Seed students will leave school at 10 a.m. and meet at the gazebo in Church Square Park on Willow Avenue in Hoboken (between 4th and 5th Streets). They will show their solidarity, respect, and love to the families of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, on February 14, 2018. Students and teachers will be in the park for 17 minutes, one minute for every person killed. They will name each victim and light a candle in their memory.”

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