Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 24, 2018
WATCH: Emma Gonzalez names the murdered Parkland victims and observes several minutes of silence in a 6-minute, 20-second speech that covered the same time it took the gunman to kill 17 people in her high school:
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 24, 2018
"Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job." pic.twitter.com/OrTfuTdSNn
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This is #NaomiWadler! #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/taeqb5pDNM
— March For Our Lives ☮️ (@AMarch4OurLives) March 24, 2018
Edna Chavez, a student from Los Angeles, who lost her brother to gun violence: "This is normal — normal to the point that I've learned to duck from bullets before I learned how to read." #MarchForOurLives (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/jB1lYWz3tN
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 24, 2018
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https://twitter.com/Jason_Pollock/status/977604569550151685
Edna Chavez talks about Black and Brown youth "that have lost their lives to a bullet," including his brother #MarchForOurLives #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/kdRKLGV3NM
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) March 24, 2018
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“For me, I would like to not worry about dying, and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. Don't I deserve to grow up?" 11-year-old Christopher Underwood who lost his brother to gun violence at age 5 #MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/v4dtIWSfVG
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) March 24, 2018
"We are the survivors of unjust policies and practices upheld by our Senate. We are survivors of lack of resources within our schools. We are survivors of social, emotional and physical harm," says Chicago student D’Angelo McDade https://t.co/jujbxM0M4i #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/j6nwplUxAp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 24, 2018
The Obama Diary 