Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a public high school in Parkland,Florida,United States. It was established in 1990 and is part of the Broward County Public Schools district. It is named after the writer Marjory Stoneman Douglas and is the only public high school in Parkland,serving almost all of the limits of that city as well as a section of Coral Springs.
Everytown for Gun Safety is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun control and against gun violence. Everytown was formed in 2013 due to a merger between Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Kesha Rose Sebert,known mononymously as Kesha,is an American singer and songwriter. In 2005,at age 18,she was signed to Kemosabe Records. Kesha's first major success came in early 2009 when she was featured on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single,"Right Round".
"Blow" is a song by American singer and songwriter Kesha from her first extended play (EP),Cannibal (2010). The song was released on February 1,2011. It was written by Kesha,along with Klas Åhlund and the producers,Dr. Luke,Kool Kojak,Benny Blanco,and Max Martin. According to Kesha the song's lyrics are representative of herself and her fans. "Blow" is dominantly an electropop and dance-pop song and is described as a party anthem as it portrays a simple message of having a desire to have a good time at a club.
Giffords is an American advocacy and research organization focused on promoting gun control. The organization draws its name from of one of its co-founders,Gabby Giffords,a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Giffords was shot along with 18 others at a constituent meeting in Tucson in 2011. The organization has three parts:a 501(c)(4) lobbying arm,a 501(c)(3) research arm,and a super PAC. It was previously known in a different configuration as Americans for Responsible Solutions.
"Die Young" is a song by American singer and songwriter Kesha. It was released on September 25,2012,as the lead single from her second studio album,Warrior (2012). Kesha co-wrote the song with its producers,Dr. Luke,Benny Blanco,and Cirkut,with additional writing from Nate Ruess,the lead singer of Fun. Ruess wrote the words for the chorus,but Kesha wrote the lyrics after traveling around the world and embarking on a spiritual journey.
Rosemary Patricia "Pebe" Sebert is an American singer and songwriter from Brentwood,Tennessee,and the mother of singer and songwriter Kesha. Sebert has co-written number-one hits for Dolly Parton,Pitbull,and Kesha,her daughter. Sebert and Kesha have written 11 published songs together. The songs Sebert wrote for other artists have combined sales of over 8 million copies in the United States alone. In 2013,Sebert appeared as a regular on reality show Kesha:My Crazy Beautiful Life,which starred Kesha and was filmed by her son Lagan.
On February 14,2018,19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland,Florida,United States,killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz,a former student at the school,fled the scene on foot by blending in with other students and was arrested without incident approximately one hour and twenty minutes later in nearby Coral Springs. Police and prosecutors investigated "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".
X González is an American activist and advocate for gun control. In 2018,they survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history,and,in response,co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.
Never Again MSD is an American student-led political action committee for gun control that advocates for tighter regulations to prevent gun violence. The organization,also known by the Twitter hashtags #NeverAgain,and #EnoughIsEnough,was formed by a group of twenty students attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) at the time of the deadly shooting in 2018,in which seventeen students and staff members were killed by the alleged gunman,who was a 19-year-old former student of the school and was armed with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle. The organization started on social media as a movement "for survivors of the Stoneman Douglas Shooting,by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas Shooting" using the hashtag #NeverAgain. A main goal of the group was to influence that year's United States mid-term elections,and they embarked on a multi-city bus tour to encourage young people to register to vote.
March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation. It took place in Washington,D.C.,on March 24,2018,with over 880 sibling events throughout the United States and around the world,and was planned by Never Again MSD in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety. The event followed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting a month earlier,which was described by several media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation.
Cameron Marley Kasky is an American activist and advocate against gun violence who co-founded the student-led gun violence prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He is notable for helping to organize the March for Our Lives nationwide student protest in March 2018. Kasky is a survivor of the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Kasky was included in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2018".
In 2018,protests against gun violence in the United States increased after a series of mass shootings,most notably at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 that year. An organized protest in the form of a national school walkout occurred on March 14. March for Our Lives was held on March 24. Another major demonstration occurred April 20,2018.
David Miles Hogg is an American gun control activist. He rose to prominence during the 2018 United States gun violence protests as a student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,helping lead several high-profile protests,marches,and boycotts,including the boycott of The Ingraham Angle. He has also been a target and scapegoat of several conspiracy theories.
Jaclyn Corin is an American activist against gun violence. She survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018. She is one of the co-founders of March for Our Lives and the organizer of a student protest to Tallahassee,Florida. She has also been a vocal critic of politicians funded by the National Rifle Association.
Fred Guttenberg is an American activist against gun violence. His 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered in the Parkland high school shooting in suburban Fort Lauderdale,Florida on February 14,2018. His son,Jesse,also a student at the school,ran from the shooting to meet him at a nearby store. He learned about his daughter's death from a friend who is a Coral Springs SWAT officer. Jessica McBride,for the website Heavy,described him as "one of the strongest voices for changes to gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting".
"Hope" is a song by American rapper and singer XXXTentacion from his second studio album,? (2018). It is dedicated to the victims of the Parkland high school shooting.
Matthew Bryan Deitsch is an American writer,gun violence prevention advocate and political advisor. Before entering politics,he worked in broadcast media and was a freelance photographer,film director and music producer. After the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in which his siblings witnessed,Deitsch became chief strategist for the March For Our Lives protests and began advocating for gun violence prevention. He is the older brother of activist Ryan Deitsch.
"This Is America" is a song by American rapper Childish Gambino. Written and produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson,with additional writing credits going to American rapper Young Thug,it was released on May 6,2018 at the same time that Gambino was hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live. The song features background vocals from Young Thug alongside fellow American rappers Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd,BlocBoy JB,Quavo of Migos,and Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. The lyrics and accompanying music video,reflecting the core of the Black Lives Matter movement,confront issues of ongoing systemic racism,including prejudice,racial violence,the ghetto,and law enforcement in the United States,as well as the wider issues of mass shootings and gun violence in the United States. Originally,Gambino intended it to be a diss record towards fellow rapper Drake.
Aalayah Eastmond is an American activist and advocate for gun violence prevention,social justice,and racial equality. After surviving the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,Eastmond began her activism during the 2018 United States gun violence protests. She has testified multiple times to the U.S. Congress. Eastmond is an executive council member of Team Enough,a youth-led gun violence prevention organization which is part of the Brady Campaign. Eastmond co-founded Concerned Citizens of DC in the wake of the murder of George Floyd to organize protests supporting social justice issues in Washington,D.C. She supports Black Lives Matter and protests against police brutality.
