Today in Chicago, the two-month summer tour “Road to Change” by the March for our lives movement, begins. Along with open-discussion and proposals on how to make US citizens safer in the daily lives, the Road to Change is working to get the youth and others who are either generally ignored or kept out of the voting and political process active.
Earlier this month, as part of NYC mandates, we had our semi-annual fire safety drill instructions: test if the door is hot, don’t take the elevator, call 911, etc.) but a new segment of this discussion was added, active shooter drills. We were told to turn our cell phones on silent (not vibrate), how a fire extinguisher is a good weapon is needed for the chemical can disarm the eyes and then you can knock the shooter out, how to barricade the door, and how to exit with your hands out and empty so you are not mistaken as the shooter.
We were also told that the below video is good to watch, just about 6 minutes, that gives you additional tips on the three main ways to survive. First Run if you can and Hide if you can’t, and if left with no other options, Fight.
Whether you agree with them or not, the activists related to March for Our Lives are keeping the discussion at the forefront and are doing everything they can so that everyone has a voice in not only this issue but all issues. Click on: Road to change tour dates, and you will be brought to their schedule for June on the March for Our Lives website where you can also find more information about how to register to vote, how to encourage others to vote, tips on how to become an activist yourself and other changes they are fighting for and how you can help.
Today we, a we of those meeting up in 842 cities around the world, gather to march as promised by the leaders of March for Our Lives announced back on February 18th. We March with them as they ask for simple, common sense gun measures: banning AR-15s, 3-day waiting periods, and universal background checks.
We March with them because thoughts and prayers don’t work for those in their last moments as they are gunned down by old partners, by strangers, by officers or by accident; and it doesn’t work for us after.
Others with guns should not infringe on our right to move forward, our want to express equality, and our loved ones desires for us to see another day
Today We March because they should never have had to, because we want to show what true power is and that change is coming; because they outnumber us, and they know it
Be safe everyone
PS–> these victims are survivors who are still processing, these children who weren’t even born when Columbine happened, these youth who are rising above the hate and rhetoric, these students who are learning as they go and are going to win