Nancy Pelosi was In Arlington VA on the eve of the March to talk with Parkland students.....
I am so glad she showed up to talk with these Parkland students. Of course, Paul Ryan and Trump should have also..
March 25, 2018
Nancy Pelosi to Parkland students: ‘You give us hope’
On the eve of the March For Our Lives, Shareblue Media was invited to meet with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi was also there, praising these brave young activists
I walked into a room full of dozens of high school students hanging out in small groups, some playing air hockey, and many sprawled on the floor. Laughter filled the room, mingled with the familiar sound of markers scratching across poster board.
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I was in a large ballroom in the basement of a hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The room was full of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High, preparing posters the night before the March For Our Lives. I talked to about a dozen of them throughout the evening.
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What struck me most was the juxtaposition of high school students engaged in normal teenage activities (there was a video game system hooked up to a TV at one end of the room, and several kids playing a soccer game) while simultaneously engaged in conversations about life and death situations.
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Another group of students said the recent legislation in Florida, the first gun control bill passed in 22 years, was a highlight of the movement so far. But, they cautioned, they are not done yet. “It’s progress,” one student said, “but we need more.”
In the middle of the evening, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi stopped by to speak with the students. She highlighted the role young people have played in other momentous events in American history.
Pelosi relayed a conversation she had with civil rights hero and Georgia congressman John Lewis. The idea to march from Selma to Montgomery, across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, originated with high school students who were appalled that their parents and teachers did not have the right to vote. They reached out to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, and inspired one of the most crucial events in the Civil Rights Movement.
Pelosi encouraged the students to contact their legislators, and relayed how grateful she was for their activism.
“You inspire us. You give us hope,” she told them...................................
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