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More than 100 people from Gainesville and Ocala are expected to caravan to Tallahassee with thousands of other Floridians on 20 buses Monday to fight for stronger gun legislation at the Rally to Tally for Gun Reform.
Read More »Parkland Shooting Prompts New Security Protocol for Marion County Schools
North Marion High School will teach ALICE Training, a new security protocol, beginning this week, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
Read More »Senate Tables Gun Bills Amid Parkland Outcry
Two gun-related measures backed by Second Amendment advocates were put on hold Wednesday as students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other schools pressured lawmakers for gun-control legislation.
Read More »Stoneman Douglas Alumni Lead Vigil on UF Campus In Honor of Their Alma Mater
About 300 people came together to show their support for the 17 victims and their peers on Tuesday night at Turlington Plaza.
Read More »UF Community Members “Choose Love” At Candlelight Vigil
UF students Fennzia Guerrier and Christyna Conway, who met while attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., led a candlelight vigil on the UF campus in honor of the 17 victims who died in the school shooting.
Read More »UF Students From Parkland React To Mass Shooting
For some University of Florida students hailing from Parkland, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is not just a tragedy on the news. It’s the shooting that changed the way they saw their hometown.
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