Thousands take part in student-led March for Our Lives to protest gun violence (+ Video, Slideshow). See related stories here
By Lisa Irish • Arizona Education News Service • Arizona School Boards Association
Thousands of students and other community members took part Saturday morning in the student-organized March for Our Lives at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix to protest gun violence and urge legislators to provide more funding for school counselors and mental health services.
The rally at the Capitol was one of more than hundreds of similar student-led events held across the nation on Saturday in response to the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla on Feb. 14, 2018.
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