MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Some of the students who survived the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting are spending the summer trying to get young people registered to vote.
These are the same teenagers who organized the March For Our Lives event in Washington, D.C.[1]
It was just weeks after a student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, shooting and killing 17 people. This group has now organized what’s called the “Road to Change[2].”
We talked with some of the leaders of the group Monday afternoon. They are on a bus tour stopping at 50 cities across the country.
Monday was their second day in Minneapolis. They set up a voter registration tent at Corcoran Park, and shared their thoughts about the power of going to the polls.
David Hogg is one of the Parkland, Fla., shooting survivors.
“We were founded out of tragedy and we just care. We don’t want to see Minneapolis be the next Parkland. We don’t want to see anyone be the next Parkland. It is possible to be for reasonable gun legislation and also pro Second Amendment,” Hogg said.
They are teenagers on a mission to end gun violence by traveling the country and asking people to register to vote.
Hogg says the goal is to elect more lawmakers who support gun reform.
“It’s not about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about swinging things to morally just leaders,” Hogg said.
The Parkland students chose to visit cities where the NRA has made contributions to the campaigns of prominent politicians.
They also spent time talking with local youth leaders.
“I think it’s great to have this benchmark to open the eyes of our younger ones, to wake up. Get
