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Students Demand Action website home page. With the anniversary of the Parkland shooting this Friday, February 14th, the debated issues of gun reform and gun violence among BU political groups are prominent. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Florida students observe Parkland shooting anniversary, BU groups continue gun reform advocacy

Daniela Ginsburg February 14, 2025
Friday marks the seventh anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and faculty.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic  Artist

SCOTUS should be protecting protesters’ rights | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano April 24, 2024
The Supreme Court, if possible, needs to reconsider its choice not to hear the case of Mckesson v. Doe. They must put a foot down and protect the First Amendment right to protest, especially for peaceful organizers.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

OP-ED: We invite BU to join us in the fight against gun violence

Guest Writer January 28, 2024
Inspired by the recent op-ed published by March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill, leaders of Students Demand Action at BU invite students to join the fight against gun violence, too.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Congress better listen to March For Our Lives | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano January 24, 2024
March For Our Lives at UNC-Chapel Hill wrote an op-ed addressing gun violence that was published by student newspapers nationwide. Congress better read it and respond accordingly.
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Boston’s latest March For Our Lives protest featured activists, teachers, student speakers

Adithya Iyer April 6, 2023
March For Our Lives, a youth-led movement dedicated to eliminating gun violence, held a protest Tuesday at Harvard University’s campus.
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GALLERY: Students and community members attend the March For Our Lives rally at Harvard

Daily Free Press Staff April 6, 2023
Protestors rallied for gun reform at Harvard Yard on Tuesday. David Hogg attended the rally and delivered a speech.
March For Our Lives Co-Founder David Hogg and WBUR Senior Political Reporter Anthony Brooks. Hogg, a Highland Park survivor, recently spoke at CitySpace. HUI-EN LIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg speaks at WBUR CitySpace

Haiyi Bi March 30, 2023
Hogg spoke with senior political reporter Anthony Brooks at WBUR CitySpace on Monday night.
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GALLERY: Thousands protest gun violence in the March for Our Lives rally

Hui-En Lin June 14, 2022
Christopher Columbus Park was flooded with protestors demanding action against gun violence on June 11.
Boston University students phonebank for the Yes on 3 campaign at the Student Government office Monday night. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Youth advocate for midterm election causes, predicted to play influential role in results

Michelle Brandabur November 7, 2018
Students from across the city filled Boston Common less than eight months ago as they protested gun violence by pushing for stronger gun control at March for Our Lives. Young voters then turned to the polls in the days and weeks leading up to and on Tuesday.
Boston University students gathered in Marsh Plaza  for a vigil remembering the victims of the Oct. 27 shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to Pittsburgh shooting

Alex LaSalvia October 30, 2018
Boston University administrators and religious groups are attempting to comfort affected community members in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Deborah B. Prothrow-Stith, dean of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science’s College of Medicine, speaks at a public health forum on violence prevention hosted by Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Social Work Tuesday. COURTESY OF BU SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

SPH, School of Social Work join forces to talk gun violence prevention

Amelia Murray-Cooper October 25, 2018
Sandro Galea stood in School of Medicine’s Hiebert Lounge and told an audience that as students, they can utilize science to create a healthier world. The forum centered around violence and reframed gun violence as a public health problem rather than a criminal justice issue.
From left to right: David Hogg, Johnathan Rangel, Jessica Browning, Bria Smith and Teddy Landis partake in a panel Monday evening at the Harvard University Institute of Politics. PHOTO BY JALIANA GRIESBACH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Young activists discuss ways to engage youth voters in upcoming elections

Jaliana Griesbach September 25, 2018
A panel of youth advocates, including school shooting survivor and March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg, brainstormed ways to engage youth voters at Harvard University’s Kennedy School Monday, the eve of National Voter Registration Day.
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