into the national spotlight. The two organizations are now major forces in the gun control movement.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, she says, she didn't know how to heal. March For Our Lives reached out to her on Twitter about talking to lawmakers through an upcoming rally in Lansing. She decided to try it. Touray has found that, for her, this means traveling with a small bluetooth speaker and her"Bad B****" playlist. She goes back to her hotel room every night, sometimes after days of crying in meetings, and she'll press play on her playlist,"and I just dance around my room."Eliyah Cohen is a rising junior at the University of California, Los Angeles.Less than two weeks after Uvalde, Eliyah Cohen was among dozens of UCLA students laying on the ground in demonstration.
"Traditionally, [gun safety] hasn't been part of our advocacy," says Cohen."We're usually focused on very student-centered policies. But I'm passionate about making the case that this is absolutely a student issue and an important one."Taina Patterson, 21, Miami Patterson was introduced to a member of Moms Demand Action, who helped her start a San Diego chapter of, a national, grassroots group of college and high school students that educates communities about gun safety and advocates for changes to federal and local gun policies. Now, Patterson is a rising senior studying political science at Florida International University in Miami, where she hopes to establish a Students Demand Action chapter.
But news of the Parkland shooting hit Tiemann differently."That was the first time I heard something that shook me so deeply," says Tiemann."I commonly refer to that as the first time I started paying attention to what was actually on the news."A shy and anxious high school freshman at the time, Tiemann signed up for the Students Demand Action Texting Team, which helps mobilize other students by sending them text messages with opportunities to advance gun reform.