Thousands of students and community members filled Legislative Plaza on Monday for a March for Our Lives rally. Groups including Students Demand Action were joined by city and state leaders, among them Vice Mayor Jim Shulman and state Rep. Bo Mitchell (D-Nashville), who addressed the crowd about gun violence and gun control.
“We're not safe, and we don't feel safe, none of us do — at least I don’t,” said Vivian Carlson. Carlson helped organize a group of Hume-Fogg Academic High School students who protested at their downtown campus via an Instagram account called @nash_studentsforchange, which features student art and poetry about gun violence.
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Students confront House Majority Leader William Lamberth at the Cordell Hull Building, April 3, 2023
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Student Gun Protest, 4/3/23
Holly Cannon-Hesse embraces her daughter Mina, an MNPS student, at Legislative Plaza, April 3
Protesters rally against gun violence at the state Capitol, April 3, 2023
Protesters rally against gun violence at the state Capitol, April 3, 2023
Protesters rally against gun violence at the state Capitol, April 3, 2023
Students, parents and allies rally for gun reform at the state Capitol
Students, parents and allies rally for gun reform at the state Capitol
Students call for gun reform at the Cordell Hull Building, April 3, 2023
Students confront House Majority Leader William Lamberth at the Cordell Hull Building, April 3, 2023
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Protesters rally against gun violence at the state Capitol, April 3, 2023
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Students call for gun reform at the Cordell Hull Building, April 3, 2023
