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"March for our Lives, 50 More Miles" blog (click here)
Press Release:
Madison, WI – Standing in solidarity (click here) with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and taking inspiration from the 54 mile Selma to Montgomery march for civil rights, students in Wisconsin will be embarking on a four day, 50 mile March for Our Lives event. March for Our Lives: 50 Miles More will begin in Madison where participants of five separate Wisconsin March for Our Lives events (Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, West Dallas, and Appleton) will meet on March 24th. Students from across the state will then embark on the 50 mile trek to Speaker Paul Ryan’s hometown, Janesville, WI. Students are urging Paul Ryan, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, to lead Congress in taking immediate action to save lives by enacting sensible gun reform....
"March for our Lives, 50 More Miles" blog (click here)
Press Release:
Madison, WI – Standing in solidarity (click here) with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and taking inspiration from the 54 mile Selma to Montgomery march for civil rights, students in Wisconsin will be embarking on a four day, 50 mile March for Our Lives event. March for Our Lives: 50 Miles More will begin in Madison where participants of five separate Wisconsin March for Our Lives events (Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, West Dallas, and Appleton) will meet on March 24th. Students from across the state will then embark on the 50 mile trek to Speaker Paul Ryan’s hometown, Janesville, WI. Students are urging Paul Ryan, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, to lead Congress in taking immediate action to save lives by enacting sensible gun reform....
By Hayley Miller
Dozens of Wisconsin (click here) high school students are spending their spring breaks this week walking more than 50 miles to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) hometown of Janesville to deliver a message: Pass meaningful gun reform legislation now.
A group of students from Shorewood High School, roughly four miles north of Milwaukee, organized the march to call out Ryan for blocking gun legislation reform and to demand lawmakers take immediate action to curb gun violence.
“We started 50 Miles More to keep the national demand for gun reform going after the March 24th March for Our Lives events are over,” according to the movement’s website. “Our generation has grown up watching school shootings destroy lives and then get swept out of the spotlight. We refuse to let this happen again.”...
