Student Organizers Share Frustration And Heartbreak At This Weekend’s March For Our Lives Rally

In 90-degree heat, hundreds of protesters came out Saturday morning to support Denver’s student-organized March For Our Lives Rally. One speaker, Rhiannon Danborn, a 16-year-old high school student from Arvada West High, shared what it was like growing up in a world of mass shootings.

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Young people across the country organized marches and rallies to once again urge policymakers and voters to enact stronger gun safety laws.

KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon, Shannon Young and Areyana Proctor put together a sound collage of interviews and speeches from this weekend’s Denver and Longmont marches.

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Alexis Kenyon is a radio reporter with more than 15 years of experience creating compelling, sound-rich radio stories for news outlets across the country.
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