March for Our Lives is democracy in action

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with three Cheney High School students who are involved in the student-led movement that emerged in response to the shootings at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla. Feb. 14.

The three young women, who I won’t name right now, organized a walkout and a 17-minute period of silence at the school in remembrance of those killed last month. And they took part in last Saturday’s Spokane-area edition of the national March for Our Lives, organized by Parkland survivors.

I was impressed with all three women. Sure, they spoke in the rapid-pac...

 

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