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- ↑ "Parkland shooting activist, Sarah Chadwick balances advocacy, student life". The Daily Orange. October 13, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ↑ Brett Clarkson (March 9, 2018). "Parkland student Sarah Chadwick spoofs that ominous NRA ad". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... Sarah Chadwick, 16, one of the leaders and most visible activists of the student-organized #NeverAgain movement, stars in the spoof version, which was posted to Twitter on Tuesday and by Thursday had over 1.2 million views and over 20,000 retweets. ... Chadwick mimics Loesch's "The clock starts now" warning, turns over an hourglass ... a not-so-subtle dig at the NRA spokeswoman. ...
- ↑ "The fire alarm blared. Then the gunshots began and students ran for their lives". WHNT News. February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
..."I never thought something like this would happen, especially in Parkland, Florida. ...
- ↑ WFORTV (February 2018). "MSDHS Junior Sarah Chadwick: "Never Again Should A Child Be Afraid To Go To School"". CBS Miami. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ↑ Geoffrey A. Fowler (March 8, 2018). "They survived a school shooting only to wage battle in some of the nastiest corners of the Internet". Washington Post. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... PARKLAND, Fla. — In person, Sarah Chadwick and Jaclyn Corin are fierce. And young. ... Chadwick, 16, as the Parkland kid who tweeted expletives at the president and deftly deflects attacks from politicians, gun-rights partisans, crazies and media personalities . ... Parkland students have produced 8.7 times the volume of online conversation than the celebrities ...
- ↑ Matt Pearce of the Los Angeles Times (February 24, 2018). "Parkland shooting survivors aren't here to play nice: This is what politicizing a tragedy looks like, and the kids are determined to keep doing it". Press Herald. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... Since the shooting attack ... a student there, Sarah Chadwick, has amassed a Twitter following of more than 150,000 people . ...
- 1 2 Brandon Carter (February 23, 2018). "Florida shooting survivor: We should call AR-15s 'Marco Rubio' because they're both easy to buy". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... A survivor of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School criticized Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Twitter early Friday, suggesting he is "easy to buy" for accepting donations from the National Rifle Association (NRA). ...
- ↑ Linley Sanders (March 8, 2018). "Parkland Survivor Sarah Chadwick Spoofed Dana Loesch's NRA Hourglass Video". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... Students ... know how to handle bullies and mean girls — and that's no different when they're dealing with the NRA lobbying group and politicians who want to delegitimize their #NeverAgain movement for gun control ...
- 1 2 Jonah Engel Bromwich (March 7, 2018). "How the Parkland Students Got So Good at Social Media". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... The Parkland students' use of quote tweets is one of their most effective tools. Ms. Chadwick, in particular, has used the technique, as well as other memes to mock the students' ideological opponents. ...
(subscription required) - 1 2 Jennifer Sangalang (February 15, 2018). "Florida school shooting: Student's Trump tweet 'I don't want your condolences' goes viral". Florida Today. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
... Her tweet not only went viral, it had more than 4,300 comments before it was taken down. It was retweeted by Josh Gadd (who voiced Olaf from "Frozen"), who said: "Retweet this until you are blue in the face."...
- 1 2 Charlie May (March 7, 2018). "A Parkland student just replied to the NRA's terrible attack ad: Sarah Chadwick returned the message to the NRA and to "every government official unwilling to take action"". Salon. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
..."We've had enough of the lies, the sanctimony, the ignorance, the hatred, the pettiness, the NRA," Chadwick said. ...
- 1 2 Samhita Mukhopadhyay (March 23, 2018). "Queer Teenage Girls Are Leading the Gun Control Movement". Them. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
..."I'm gay, so I'm a lesbian ..."
- ↑ Beth Greenfield (March 26, 2018). "March For Our Lives And Gay Activism: 'They're Definitely Linked For Me,' Says Emma González". HuffPost . Retrieved March 29, 2018.
... only González and classmate Sarah Chadwick have identified themselves as being part of the LGBTQ family ...
- ↑ Diana Riojas, April 2019, The Daily Orange (Syracuse student newspaper), Parkland shooting activist, Sarah Chadwick balances advocacy, student life, Retrieved April 21, 2021
