Scenes from National School Walkout

Thousands of students across the country today took part in #NationalSchoolWalkout, a growing movement to protest gun violence in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

In a show of solidarity, students at several East Village schools took part at 10 a.m., walking out of the classroom for 17 minutes — one minute for each person murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School one month ago today.

EVG reader Christine Champagne shared the above photo from Avenue A, where she spotted students from East Village Community School.

Per Christine:

Some of [the students] were stationed on chairs at various points along the route, holding signs with photos of the people who were killed in the Parkland shooting. I spoke with a teacher and told her how moved I was, and she told me it was all the kids. They wanted to do this, and they organized it.

Here are a few other images from the neighborhood this morning via Instagram ...

A post shared by Brian C Veith (@briancveith) on Mar 14, 2018 at 7:54am PDT

500 students and teachers of my middle school alma mater Grace Church School linked hands and did a walk out. I’m so moved and proud of kids all over the country and their allies taking a stand! #GunControlNow #nationalschoolwalkoutday #EnoughisEnough #marchforourlives

A post shared by Julie Sharbutt (@jcsharbs) on Mar 14, 2018 at 11:13am PDT

12th St scene - Students of East Side Community High School walking out to protest gun violence in schools #noguns

A post shared by Academy Records NYC (@academyrecords) on Mar 14, 2018 at 7:29am PDT

A post shared by JANE lafarge HAMILL (@janelafarge) on Mar 14, 2018 at 7:22am PDT

Go TEENS, GO! #nationalwalkoutday ✨ 📷 courtesy of David Mack @buzzfeed

A post shared by The Women Tribe (@thewomentribe) on Mar 14, 2018 at 12:21pm PDT

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