Parkland parents channel their grief at children's deaths into advocacy

The families of the 17 students shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school do not always agree on gun control but are campaigning in their children’s name

In the months following the murder of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Valentine’s Day, the teenage survivors of the massacre became the vanguard for change. Their March for Our Lives movement motivated millions to protest and to cast the votes that ousted scores of gun lobby-supporting politicians in the midterm elections.

But while the younger generation has been in the spotlight, the families of the victims have been pursuing their own advocacy agendas.

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