Chicago Area Students Take To Streets To Protest Gun Violence Even As Scare Hits Northwestern

                Hours after students across Chicago and the nation held a walkout to protest gun violence, officials at Northwestern University in Evanston advised students to stay away from campus after a report of a person with a gun.



                At William J. Bogan High School on the southwest side, students held signs and chanted, “Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.” Students faced the road screaming, “We are not animals,” while holding up signs that read, “Honk if you’re against gun violence.”

During the walkout, one of the student organizers at Chicago High School for Arts, senior Henry Schellinger, 18, said gun violence disproportionately affects children of color.

Here’s police detaining Aminah Glenn, a junior at Kenwood Academy who participated in #NationalWalkoutDay pic.twitter.com/li8UIAnMJY

— Pete Grieve (@pete_grieve) March 14, 2018

                On Tuesday, one of the adult organizers for GoodKidsMadCity, Kofi Ademola, said he confronted Emanuel about the gun violence in the city at a press conference the mayor held ripping Governor Bruce Rauner for vetoing a bill that would require licenses for gun dealers.



                “We are a well-known institution with a lot of power and influence on the communities around us and I think as a student body and as a administration, we need to stand up and support—if there’s one student from South Florida or if there’s 600,” said senior Stephanie Bernstein, who is from the county home to Parkland.