{"id":377,"date":"2018-04-20T20:38:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T20:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/20\/2018420walkouts-happen-around-the-country-on-19th-anniversary-of-columbine\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:44:46","slug":"2018420walkouts-happen-around-the-country-on-19th-anniversary-of-columbine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/20\/2018420walkouts-happen-around-the-country-on-19th-anniversary-of-columbine\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkouts happen around the country on 19th anniversary of Columbine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:888.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:69.74110412597656%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.43.06-PM.png\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Getty Images\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.43.06-PM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.43.06-PM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"888x580\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Getty Images\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ada517a1ae6cf1079eb8e0e\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Photo courtesy of Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Victoria Rutigliano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 19 years since the school shooting that shook the country and brought a newfound fear into both students and parents when heading off to school.<\/p>\n<p>On this day 19 years ago, April 20, 1999, 12 students and one teacher were shot and killed at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/local\/us-school-shootings-history\/?utm_term=.de03a53a6f93\">Washington Post<\/a>, there have been 197 school shootings since Columbine. This number doesn\u2019t include universities, suicides that weren\u2019t a threat to other students, accidental discharges of the gun or shootings at after-hours events.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, there\u2019s already been 11 schools shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Columbine was the largest school shooting up until nine weeks ago, when 17 students and teachers were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now students are taking matters into their own hands to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hqpress.org\/blog-2\/marchforourlivesrallyphotos\">end gun violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Mauff, a Columbine High School 2015 graduate, was only 2 years old when the shooting occurred, but had teachers who lived through the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard their stories and it\u2019s intense. It\u2019s as intense as you\u2019d think it would be. You know the places their talking about. It\u2019s not a fictional world,\u201d Mauff said. \u201cThey walked through the lunchroom where we eat lunch every day. So it hits close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbine High School released a statement in support of using today, April 20, as a day to reflect and serve instead of protesting. Mauff said he believes people should do whatever they think will help.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Columbine High School\u2019s official statement regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalSchoolWalkout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalSchoolWalkout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gtPA6yLdrj\">pic.twitter.com\/gtPA6yLdrj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel (@Rachel_Hilll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rachel_Hilll\/status\/984579589908262912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe today day should be a day of service but maybe today should be about spreading this message in a walkout. It\u2019s whatever serves their conscience,\u201d Mauff said. \u201cThe best thing I can do is keep them in my thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the principal of Columbine High School asking for today to be a day of service, students in Connecticut and around the country are using this day to protest the violence. Joining in with the hundreds of people around the country for the fight against gun violence there were at least 26 walkouts in Connecticut, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/connecticut\/hc-news-connecticut-april-national-school-walkout-20180420-story.html\">Hartford Courant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The walkouts were spearheaded by Ridgefield High School student Lane Murdock, who grew up down the road from Newtown, Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think gun violence \u2014 even if you&#8217;re not near a specific point of it \u2014 is something that is on the mind of our generation because we&#8217;ve grown up around it,\u201d Murdock said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/meet-lane-murdock-16-year-old-organizer-national-school-walkout\">Teen Vogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now Murdock is working to end the normalization of this issue by starting the National School Walkout foundation, which lead more than 2,500 schools around the country to walk out on the anniversary of Columbine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/19\/us\/national-school-walkout-explainer\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goodnight everyone. Tomorrow we all make history with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalSchoolWalkout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalSchoolWalkout<\/a>. <br \/>Get some rest and if you wish to donate to support the movement do so here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W7y9jXy4mf\">https:\/\/t.co\/W7y9jXy4mf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WWInfNQdqd\">pic.twitter.com\/WWInfNQdqd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lane Murdock (@lanemurdock2002) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lanemurdock2002\/status\/987138724470444034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Foundation had more than 250,000 people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/u-s-senate-national-high-school-walk-out-for-anti-gun-violence\">sign up<\/a> to protest gun violence today. From schools in upstate New York, to Detroit, and outside the White House, the youth are protesting change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NOW<\/a>: Students from Niskayuna High School walked out and made their way to the town hall next door for a rally. A bus of Schenctady students will join them. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalSchoolWalkout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalSchoolWalkout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXmZoQaodg\">pic.twitter.com\/xXmZoQaodg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leanne DeRosa (@CBS6Leanne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS6Leanne\/status\/987332339339612162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalSchoolWalkout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalSchoolWalkout<\/a>: At the White House. Students are sitting in total silence for 19 minutes, one for every year since Columbine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u0QhobLuJb\">pic.twitter.com\/u0QhobLuJb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aletweetsnews\/status\/987332907999137794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Walkout in Detroit goes as far as the eye can see. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalSchoolWalkout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalSchoolWalkout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6js4g7d1aa\">pic.twitter.com\/6js4g7d1aa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanmcmurry\/status\/987334896313024512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine School shooting, more than 2,500 schools across the nation participated in a walk-out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hamden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2752,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/2752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}