My 6-Year-Old Daughter Will Walk Out of School on March 14 to Protest Gun Violence
8 years ago Lily Garner
Last week, not yet having heard about whether my daughter's elementary school would be participating in the Enough! National School Walkout, I sent an email to a the head of our school's PTO and a few mom friends whose children are also enrolled in our school. I volunteered to head up any organization that needed to take place and to enlist the help of other moms and teachers to make the event meaningful and appropriate for our young children.
To me, participating in the event, which is "calling for students, teachers, school administrators, parents, and allies to take part in a #NationalSchoolWalkout for 17 minutes . . . to protest Congress' inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods" was and is a no-brainer. Gun violence in schools doesn't just affect teenagers, as the community of Sandy Hook tragically realized five years ago, and my first-grade daughter and her fellow students are ..