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ABC News reports:
Students across the country and around the globe are coming together in a National School Walkout today in a call on Congress to pass tighter gun control laws. The ENOUGH National School Walkout is taking place exactly one month after the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people and sent shock waves across the nation.
Over 3,100 walkout events are registered, according to event organizers. The walkouts are across the nation, from Maine to Maryland, from North Dakota to North Carolina, from the White House to Washington state, and even in Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Groups from around the world have also signed up, including in Australia, Israel, Switzerland, Germany and Mexico. The event began at 10 a.m. across every time zone and last 17 minutes — one minute for each of the victims gunned down in the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The youngest kids I’ve seen so far. 11,12, & 13 year old students from Takoma Park Middle school pic.twitter.com/EBUvLZwv5p
— Abby Cruz (@Abbbbeeeyyy) March 14, 2018
Remember why we are walking out. We are walking out for my friends that passed, all children that have been taken because of gun violence. We are walking out for the empty desks in my classes, and the unsaid goodbyes. This epidemic of School shootings must stop. #Enoughwalkout
— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) March 14, 2018
I walk in spirt today with my mom, a high school teacher, my brother Tommy, a senior in college, my brother John, a junior in high school, and my little sister Eileen, a 7th grader. They deserve to feel safe everyday. #neveragain #EnoughWalkout
— Molly O’Connor (@moconnss) March 14, 2018
Elementary school walkout in Alexandria, Virginia. More than 65 kids, and they are totally silent. Look at those faces. pic.twitter.com/ThyzDtyGo5
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) March 14, 2018
Downtown Brooklyn Middle School students stage 17 minute walkout to protest gun violence. pic.twitter.com/cFH3KLKSzF
— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) March 14, 2018
Students from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring have begun their national walkout against gun violence and are marching to the White House with police escorts. ??✊? pic.twitter.com/UCnDL41dpX
— Kishia Demi ? (@PrizeOfMyCity) March 14, 2018
RIGHT NOW: Hundreds of students protest gun violence in front of the White House, as part of nationwide walkout. pic.twitter.com/vhKGxcjiq8
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 14, 2018
In support of the national student walkout over gun violence, Viacom cable networks, including MTV, Nickelodeon, BET and Comedy Central will all be suspending programming for #17minutes to honor the victims of the shooting at MSD High School in Parkland, Fla.#NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/0rdbwOoowN
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) March 14, 2018
Students and educators will walk out of classes this morning for 17 minutes at 10am, one month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. The walkout will last 17 min, 1 minute for each life taken.#WalkoutWednesday #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/9yuvebFu9r
— Joseph Brusky (@JosephBrusky) March 14, 2018
WATCH LIVE: Students at more than 3,000 schools across the country are expected to walk out of class this morning to protest gun violence https://t.co/B9gqfHUvRF #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/uMvXtn6Pc5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2018
WATCH: Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High stage a walk out to demand gun reform on the one-month anniversary of the shooting #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/BheNa0mTVQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 14, 2018
Sizable crowd outside the White House this morning for the student walkout — chants of “hey hey ho ho the NRA has got to go” and “no more silence, end the violence” pic.twitter.com/McHZ054D39
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 14, 2018
Parkland student on the nationwide school walkout: “It shows the impact that we’re making and it really shows us that we’re not alone. It gives us a lot of strength.”
Live updates: https://t.co/6UM9GbvIOG
Stream live: https://t.co/RZq8hUUE3j pic.twitter.com/yRNQOJvF7S— CNN (@CNN) March 14, 2018
Students protest with backs turned to @WhiteHouse. #NationalWalkoutDay https://t.co/CYwD9qyzVq pic.twitter.com/Zyb9shdPZn
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 14, 2018