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“In Newtown the students were so young they
couldn’t stand up, but trust me - we are going to
be the change,” said Wind, one of Never Again’s
organisers, according to BBC News. “We are saying
as young adults, enough is enough and we are taking
that message as far as possible,” the Sun Sentinel
reported what Gonzalez, a Never Again organiser
and Stoneman Douglas senior, had said at a rally.

The fact they’ve moved so quickly to turn their
grief and anger into a concrete organisation and
concrete plans for action is proof that they know
exactly the kind of fight that they’re in for. These
teenagers are tired of waiting for change to come, so
they’ve decided to take the initiative to speak out for
themselves. “This fight is not going to be easy. This
fight is not going to be short,” said David Hogg, who
is currently 17. “The people and the special interests
who want to pass gun laws and make it easier for
people to get guns are not going to stop - and we
can’t either.”

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you
wish to see in the world.” Students have a voice and
we need to fight for what we believe in.

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