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Approximately 60 students at Frankel
Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield
gathered in the Fisher Commons to
collectively march toward the JCC’s
inline skating rink.
Walkout organizer Emily Feldman,
15, a sophomore from Farmington
Hills, said taking up this activism was
of utmost importance because it is
the students who can “effect positive
change in our lives and that means
standing in solidarity for a good
cause.”
Feldman said the Parkland shooting
impacted her differently than previ-
ous incidents because she was able to
identify with the victims.
“The students in Parkland reminded
me of my friends, which made me feel
more connected with this than I had
ever been, and it made me recognize
the essential need for change.”
Adam Karp, 15, a sophomore from
West Bloomfield, said, “I’m here
because of the 17 people who died and
the need for mental health awareness.
I wanted to do my part in preventing
something like Parkland from happen-
ing again.”
Sabrina Carson, 14, a freshman
from Bloomfield Hills, said, “Trump’s
solution is to give teachers guns when
stricter gun laws are the answer.”
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About 300 students walked out at
Berkley High School, according to
Cara Lash of Huntington Woods, who
organized the walkout with classmate
Reginald Hawkins.
“We really wanted to honor the lives
that have been lost and we wanted
to make sure our voices are heard,”
Lash said. “I think it’s really powerful
seeing the pictures from all the other
schools. We’re all coming together
and, although we’re young, we’re mak-
ing a movement that’s really strong.
I’ve never been part of something this
big and I think it’s really amazing.”
Senior Katie Wolberg of Huntington
Woods says the group headed for the
school courtyard where there were
speeches, student performances and
plenty of protest signs. A moment of
silence was also held for the Florida
school shooting victims.
“It was a nice but solemn event,”
Wolberg said. “I think moments like
this signify change. We have to do this.
There’s no other way to get people
to listen. People underestimate high
school students, but we want the com-
munity and politicians to know we’re
taking a stand. We want a safer world.”
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On a visit to southern Florida that
coincided with the walkout, Hy
Safran, associate director of philan-
thropy for the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, visited with the
Jewish community there. He walked
the makeshift memorials around
the perimeter of Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School. Most striking
to him were the 17 mounds of dirt
shaped like graves, some topped with
white Jewish stars, Israeli flags and
attached prayers in Hebrew strung to
fences flying in the breeze.
“The thing about this high school
is that with its diverse student body
and significant Jewish population,
it felt like back home,” Safran said.
“It could have been a Bloomfield
Hills High School, a Groves or West
Bloomfield. I visited here and partici-
pated in the walkout with students
from a Jewish day school here in
Boca Raton. Everyone here is very
passionate about the gun issue.
Something must be done to stop the
presence of guns.” •
JN Contributing Writer Robin Schwartz and
Bryan Gottlieb, director of marketing and com-
munications at Frankel Jewish Academy, added
to this story.