Students from Los Alamos, Pojoaque, Santa Fe, Taos, Espanola, Santa Domingo high schools and Monte Del Sol and School of the Arts charter schools and others spoke eloquently about the state of their lives. They said going to school should be a safe place. They did have the pleasure of knowing that those older than they had never known about school violence. Why is the second amendment more sacred than their lives, they wondered? Those from Parkland were honored as each name was read with their age. Everyone mourned those students who would never go to their first prom or share a first kiss or walk across the stage to get a diploma. Courtesy photo
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Alamos County Councilor and Dist. 43 candidate Pete Sheehey at Saturday’s March for Our Lives event in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Dist. 43 Rep. and candidate for state land commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard at the March for Our Lives event Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
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#MarchforOurLives Social Media Illustrates Student Impact – More than Two Million Posts In 24 Hours
- Celebrity Posts Top List, Parkland Student Leaders Trending
NEW YORK — Never before have students had a political impact on the national conversation around an important issue, perhaps since Vietnam. The March for Our Lives has registered more than two million social media posts in the past 24 hours, according to international social media analytics firm Talkwalker.
Saturday’s march was organized by #NeverAgain, the anti-gun violence movement started by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting including Emma González, Cameron Kasky, David Hogg, Sarah Chadwick, and many others.
The top social post belongs to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, with this Instagram post that had nearly 400,000 likes: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtqhY2luG1/
Lady Gaga’s Instagram post that had more than 350,000 likes: (https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtmVPRBEh2/), while Demi Lovato’s Instagram post attracted more than 290,000 likes: (https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtVYm6F8G6/).
One of the organizers of the protest, Emma Gonzalez, was trending with this Tweet that received nearly 50,000 engagements (https://www.instagram.com/p/BgtqhY2luG1/) while fellow Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Cameron Kasky was among the top 10 social posts with this Tweet sent shortly after midnight in anticipation of Saturday’s events: https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/977398240302784512.
Top trending hashtags:
- #MarchForOurLives 1.8 million mentions
- #NeverAgain 266.6K
- #GunControlNow 66K
- #Enough 56.3k
- #VeteransforGunReform 51.6K
- #GunReformNow 29.9K
- #EnoughIsEnough 23.7K
- #SatrudayMorning 20.8K
- #IWillMarch 20.6K
- #NRA 17.2K
Source: www.talkwalker.com
Marchers heading toward the plaza Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Scene from March for Our Lives event Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Marchers from left, Jordan Bailey, Onnolee Englert Erickson of Los Alamos and Los Alamos County Councilor and Dist. 43 candidate Pete Sheehey. Courtesy photo
Scene from March for Our Lives event Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Scene from March for Our Lives event Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Scene from the March for Our Lives event Saturday in front of La Fonda in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo