Youth Activism and the #NeverAgain Movement
<p>At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, many students touched by the mass shooting that left 17 dead and at least 14 wounded have mobilized to call for changes to gun policy on a scale seen as unprecedented by many who have covered the aftermath of these tragedies for years. Social media has proven to be a critical tool both in helping to illustrate the impact of this reality for those who did not come of age post-Columbine, and in helping students organize for change. During the massacre itself, live video and images posted from inside the school coalesced into a broad, literal and figurative cry for help from students trapped inside. In the wake of the shootings, Parkland youth activists such as Emma González, Jaclyn Corin, David Hogg, and Cameron Kasky have adeptly deployed social media as a tool for their activism and an effective means of controlling their own narratives.</p>
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