SPRING 2018 | ISSUE ONE
#marchfor Story by Jessica GriďŹƒn // Design by Matthew Conrardy
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March in Manhattan, New York City, on March 24
It was a cry heard nationwide, past our borders and around the world. On March 24, five high school students from Parkland, Fla. helped inspire a march that sparked a movement in the wake of the school shooting that resulted in the loss of 17 of their classmates. The #MarchForOurLives and #NeverAgain movements have filled Twitter feeds for months and they are demanding change in our nation’s gun laws. But this is no simple issue.
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The March and The Movement
The #MarchForOurLives that took place on March 24 was seen worldwide, especially on social media. According to a March 22 article in TIME magazine written by Charlotte Alter, the 800 plus demonstrations that had been registered across all 50 states and in six continents filled Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and news feeds all over the world. Highlights from the marches in Washington D.C. and across the nation showed the Parkland students themselves speaking out, sometimes through silence, and accompanying prominent members of the upcoming generation, including Yolanda Renee King, the granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. Jocelyn Waite, PULSE Video producer and junior film major, attended a parallel march in
