Update: Valley students protest against lax gun laws
Posted on March 14, 2018 by Sonoma Valley Sun
Sonoma Valley High Schools students walk out of school Wednesday morning to join a nationwide protest against gun violence. The orderly assembly came one month after 17 people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The demand for action was to last 17 minutes, one for each of the Parkland victims. School Principal Kathleen Hawing said several hundred students participated, with at least 100 parents and community members joining the demonstration on the west side of Broadway.
Boys and staff at Hanna also participated, walking out to show solidarity with young people across the nation. demanding a solution that will keep them safe from senseless gun violence. The group gathered together and had 17 seconds of silence as Principal Crandall read the names of the 17 people who lost their lives to the Florida gunman on February 14. After our 17 minute walk out, the boys returned to their classrooms and held open discussions about the experience.
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