of you feel the same way. It’s 
regretful 
that 
this 
problem 

continues to worsen and that 
we’ve allowed that to continue.”

The event hosted at Pioneer 

High School involved a panel 
of student activists spanning 
different parts of Washtenaw 
County. Pioneer had the most 
student 
representatives, 
but 

students 
from 
Lincoln 
and 

Skyline 
High 
Schools 
were 

present 
as 
well. 
All 
were 

members of the Washtenaw 
Youth Initiative, a student-based 
organization aiming to create 
gun law reform. Throughout 
the town hall, the students 
tackled topics such as the Second 
Amendment, voter apathy and 

what policies they want to 
change.

Pioneer junior Sarah Lewis 

described her alarm after hearing 
the news of the Parkland, Fla. 
shooting at Marjory Stoneman 
Douglas 
High 
School. 
She 

immediately thought of friends 
she had in the south Florida 
area, and said she saw posts on 
Instagram honoring the Parkland 
victims even before the names 
had been officially announced. 
She urged the audience to think 
about the effect gun violence has 
on them, even if they haven’t been 
personally involved in a shooting.

“I have friends who are 

hurting, and I am hurting along 
with them,” Lewis said. “I don’t 
say this for condolences because 
I never personally knew the 
victims myself. I say it to remind 
you all that this is not so far away. 
There aren’t so many degrees 

of separation. This could have 
easily been our reality.”

University 
of 
Michigan 

students and faculty members 
have 
had 
similar 
reactions 

of shock and alarm to the 
Parkland shooting, prompting 
them to think even more about 
shooter 
preparedness 
and 

prevention. Campus members 
have 
previously 
called 
for 

improvements to the emergency 
alert program and harsher gun 
control legislation.

Skyline senior Liam Keating 

echoed 
the 
University’s 

sentiments for reform. He said 
Washtenaw Youth Initiative’s 
two largest policy proposals are 
banning assault-style weapons 
and 
raising 
the 
minimum 

age for gun purchases to 21. 
He 
emphasized 
his 
belief 

these 
demands 
should 
be 

comparatively 
bipartisan 
in 

the grand scheme of the gun 
control debate.

“These are supported by 

huge 
majorities,” 
Keating 

said. “So I want you to 
understand that this is a pretty 
moderate 
position. 
We’re 

not trying to push the nation 
where it doesn’t want to go. 
Considering these majorities 
and 
considering 
that 
our 

nation is a democracy, it seems 
unthinkable that these policies 
aren’t in place.”

Pioneer junior Clara Núñez-

Regueiro 
credited 
activist 

movements from the past 
for the widespread support 
and passion surrounding the 
current student gun control 
movement. She specifically 
noted the 1960s civil rights 
movement, Chicano student 
walkouts, die-ins during the 
AIDS crisis and the Black 
Lives Matter movement and 
their struggles and abilities to 
establish a base of activism to 
build upon.

“We’re really here due 

to the efforts of all these 
people,” 
Núñez-Regueiro 

said. “As students, parents and 
educators, it means a lot that 
you’re here to continue that 
legacy.”

As 
of 
last 
year, 
the 

University’s 
Counseling 

and 
Psychological 
Services 

reported 
the 
University’s 

student-to-counselor ratio sits 
at about 1,200-to-1. Lincoln 
senior 
Max 
McNally 
sees 

similar disparities reflected in 
his high school and brought 
mental health issues into the 
gun 
control 
conversation, 

mentioning the extremely low 
social worker-to-student ratio 
at Lincoln.

“My school has about 1,200 

students and we have three 
social workers in the school,” 
McNally said. “That’s not okay 
for that school or for any school 
in general. We’ve seen too 
many suicides in recent years 
and there’s no clear, equitable 
access to services to tackle 
mental health issues.”

Pioneer junior Seraphina 

Botero said she attended the 
event because of her passion for 
the movement and her belief in 
the panelists’ platform. She said 
she thought the community 
aspect of the event was vital 
to the movement, especially in 
discounting 
misconceptions 

other people may have.

“I think it’s important 

because I knew that there 
were some misconceptions 
that kids in the Washtenaw 
Youth 
Initiative 
were 

being 
controlled 
by 
the 

administration or the face 
of a campaign that is piloted 
by adults,” Botero said. “But 
by actually having a formal 
dialogue 
with 
members 

of the community, we’re 
enabling us to open up and 
not only accept help, but 
answer questions.”

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