#walk outs

[outlandishly-explicit]

I literally just want everyone to riot before this shit blows over.

[oneshortdamnfuse]

The main thing that is going to make administrators apprehensive about student walk-outs in response to gun violence (outside of being ideologically opposed to the idea of protesting gun violence) is going to be student safety.

So, I recommend that students who are planning a walk-out to try to coordinate this with administrators to make it an organized event with safety measures. This may make the walk-outs more successful.

You have to understand that administrators (and teachers) are held accountable for the safety of students during school hours. Not all school locations are “safe,” and we need to ensure that we know where students are at all times.

A walk-out is not “all students just walk out of a building and don’t come back for the day.” It is an organized protest, and therefore the purpose of it needs to be communicated to everyone who many be involved.

Talk to your parents. Talk to teachers that you trust, and use them to speak to administrators if you don’t know how to approach a school administrator about organizing a walk-out.

Not everyone is going to be responsive to this idea, but if it’s done through collaboration with the adults in your school buildings, it may reduce the risks students are taking and get adults involved in the conversation.

[lunacuriosity135]

We are the kids- Walk the Moon

It's lyrics are so relevant for these upcoming walk-outs and I hope that some schools and kids play it in support for the making of history

[newsierising]

'We are not robots': Amazon workers walk out on Black Friday over low wages and 'inhuman conditions'

Protests were planned for Amazon facilities in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Amazon workers across Europe staged a walkout on Black Friday—when retailers offer major deals to holiday season shoppers the day after Thanksgiving—to protest low wages as well as "inhuman conditions" at company warehouses."It is one of the days that Amazon has most sales, and these are days when we can hurt more and make ourselves be heard because the company has not listened to us and does not want to reach any agreement."—Eduardo Hernandez, Amazon worker in Spain

[garygpelow]

Schizophrenia update/me in in hospital 30 days/gun control

[nutnoce]

March 2018

[metalhawk]

Today at 10:00, I participated in a seventeen minute walk out to honor the seventeen victims of the Parkland shooting. At exactly 10, everyone got up and left. Students stormed the halls, teachers seemed to turn a blind eye if they weren’t outside already, herding us along. We had nothing but support from the staff, teachers, and administrators, but there were reasons that it just wasn’t as impactful as it maybe could’ve been:

- kids were using it as a social gathering event

- we weren’t in the line of sight of the media or public

- what was the point of walking out if we don’t discuss ways to make it better, if people don’t actually plan to act?

Regardless, it felt nice to be part of the movement.