hashtags, excited, nervous, and determined to be heard. you re not going to be able to ignore us because we re at your doorstep now. we re going to stay here and fight. on just a couple hours of sleep, senior dimitri hoth stood alongside gabby giffords, a fellow shooting survivor, demanding change at the highest level. never again, never again, never again. america, we are your future. why wouldn t you protect us? teachers wrangling hundreds of teenagers as they march through the halls of congress, searching for lawmakers to talk about their agenda. even spending about half an hour with former vice president joe biden, who behind closed doors talked about their unfortunate common bond to finding power in pain. i look up to him a lot. it was very inspirational. the pain is heard in 14-year-old lauren hogg. tell your parents you love them is the worst thing imaginable. the freshman lost four friends in the massacre at her school on valentine s day.
others. we are the future. let us change the future and let us do it now. signed, dimitri hoth, senior, marjory stoneman douglas high school, 17 years old, survivor. [ applause ] we have actually one more speaker, with due respect. then representative jacobs and i have a few comments. but let s hear our last speaker. good afternoon. i am 16 years old, and i m a tenth grader at marjory stoneman douglas high school. to think last week at this exact time i was complaining about not wanting to go to rehearsal after school and trying to think of an excuse to get out of it. that day will be with all of us