March For Our Lives

Personal experiences drive the gun reform narrative at the Fort Myers March For Our Lives event on Saturday

Hayley Lemery

On June 11, over 400 people gathered in downtown Fort Myers as part of the nationwide March For Our Lives demonstration for gun reform. Speakers used personal experiences to call for stricter gun laws and regulations.

The recent mass shootings moved more than 400 people to attend the March For Our Lives rally on Saturday in downtown Fort Myers. The event was one of hundreds held across the United States. Local students, teachers and parents spoke of the toll that gun violence is having on their lives. Activists and community leaders called for legislative change. A moment of silence was observed.

Mass shootings unite community in hurt and hope. The March For Our Lives in Fort Myers in pictures

Kinfay Moroti

Mass shootings unite community in hurt and hope. The March For Our Lives in Fort Myers in pictures

Israelis and Americans participate in a pro gun control rally in the U.S., the "March for Our Lives", a demonstration which will take place on Saturday in Washington DC and is one of over 800 events planned around the world, outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Early childhood education student is organizing the local March For Our Lives event this Saturday

Hayley Lemery

Madison Franz, an advocate for gun reform and early childhood education student at Florida Gulf Coast University, is planning a march on Saturday, June 11 in downtown Fort Myers. The event is in partnership with hundreds of similar demonstrations across the country and internationally through the nonprofit Marches For Our Lives.

SWFL Students Hold Die-In in Front of NRA-Funding Bank

Rachel Iacovone

A group of high schoolers in Collier County held a die-in Monday in memory of those killed in the Santa Fe school shooting which happened in May, three…

Local March For Our Lives organizers joined students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to discuss voter registration and gun violence at a town hall in Tampa Saturday night.

Stoneman Douglas Students Hold Tampa Town Hall On Gun Violence

Roberto Roldan

On the five-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the students brought their "Road to Change" bus tour to...

MSD Tour Faces Backlash and Support from SWFL Republicans

Rachel Iacovone

Student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting embarked on a statewide bus tour from Parkland last week.The Road to Change…

SWFL Student Activists Meet the MSD Peers Who Inspired Them

Student activists were able to meet the peers who inspire them Tuesday at a Road to Change tour stop in Punta Gorda. Student survivors of the Marjory…

Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor, left, and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson address the group of school students and administrators

Bill Nelson Tells Student Marchers Change Will Only Happen At Polls

Steve Newborn

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor spoke at a forum of high school students and school board members in Tampa Monday. He told...

Fort Myers March For Our Lives Attracts 2,000

One of the many marches held over the weekend attracted 2,000 participants in Fort Myers, including two best friends. The Thursday night before the march,…

Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie leaves his Washington, D.C., hotel for March For Our Lives with School Board member Abby Freedman on one arm and his wife on the other, Saturday, March 24, 2018.

Broward Schools Superintendent Walks With Parkland Students In March For Our Lives

David Smiley

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie walked out of the JW Marquis hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday morning with a crowd of Stoneman Douglas...