WATCH LIVE: National School Walkouts In Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Students across Brooklyn joined a nationwide protest to demand stricter gun control laws exactly one month after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students with an AR-15-style rifle in Parkland, Florida.

“I'm choosing to walk out because I want to fight back against our country's inadequate response to violence," said Mariel Haberle, a ninth grade student at Brooklyn Prospect High School. "The bottom line is we need to have more gun control laws, and too many people have been killed because we don't.”

"It is ridiculous that teenagers must now take matters into their own hands - matters that should be taken care of by our government," added Eva Ruse, an 11th grader. "I want to show that I stand by these students for stronger gun laws and safety for children."

About 30 Brooklyn public, private and charter schools were joining 2,500 educational institutions for National School Walkout on Wednesday, March 14, at 10 a.m., according to organizers from the Women’s March youth group EMPOWER.

Students and teacher protesters will take to the streets for 17 minutes — in honor of the 17 people shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — and call for gun control laws that would ban assault weapons, mandate background checks on gun sales and allow courts to disarm people who exhibit violent behavior, organizers said.

In Brooklyn, there was also be a mass protest outside Brooklyn Borough Hall at 10 a.m. and a rally at the Prospect Park Bandshell at 2 p.m.

Here are the Brooklyn schools with official walkouts planned:

Brooklyn Apple Academy
545 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Homeschool Community Walkout NYC

Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210
#ENOUGH Walkout at Brooklyn College

Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy
125 Stuyvesant Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11221
BELA says #ENOUGH (BELA Charter High School)

Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon St.
New York, NY 11201
Brooklyn Law School WalkOut

Brooklyn Preparatory High School
257 N 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Brooklyn Preparatory HS #Enough

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
3002 Fort Hamilton Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School #ENOUGH School Walk Out

Brooklyn School of Inquiry
50 Avenue P
Brooklyn, NY 11204
BSI School Walkout

Brooklyn Technical High School
29 Fort Greene Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Brooklyn Technical High School Walkout

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
500 19th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School Walk Out

City Tech
Tillary and Adams streets
Brooklyn, NY 11201
City Tech Walkout

Edward R. Murrow High School
1600 Avenue L
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Edward R. Murrow High School Walkout

High School For Public Service
600 Kingston Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11203
High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow #Enough

High School Telecommunication Arts and Technology
350 67th street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
HS Telecommunication Arts and Technology School Walkout

Middle School 50
Continental Army Plaza
South 4th Street and Roebling Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
MS 50 El Puente Community School

Middle School 51 - William Alexander
350 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY, NY 11231
MS51 William Alexander Middle School #EMPOWER Student Walkout

Middle School 821 - Sunset Park Prep
4004 4th Ave.
Sunset Park, NY 11232
Sunset Park Prep (MS 821) School Walkout

Middle School 839
713 Caton Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11218
MS839 Student Walkout

Midwood High School
2839 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Midwood Student Walkout

Packer Collegiate Institute
209 Joralemon St.
New York, NY 11201
Packer Collegiate Institute and Brooklyn Heights School Walkout

Public School 8 - Robert Fulton
37 Hicks Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
PS8 (Robert Fulton) School Walkout

Public School 21 - Crispus Attucks Elementary School
180 Chauncey St.
Brooklyn, NY 11233
National School Walkout

PS 84 - Jose de Diego School
250 Berry St.
Brooklyn, NY 11249
PS 84 Jose de Diego National School Walkout

Public School 110 - The Monitor School
124 Monitor St.
Brooklyn, NY 11222
PS 110 Elementary School Walkout, Greenpoint, Brooklyn NY

Public School 321 - William Penn School
180 Seventh Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Spring Creek Community School
1065 Elton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11239
Spring Creek Campus Schools Demand Action Against Gun Violence

Unity Preparatory Middle & High School
432 Monroe St.
Brooklyn, NY 11221
Unity Preparatory Middle & High School Walkout Against Gun Violence

Williamsburg Northside School
299 North Seventh St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Northside Takes a Stand!

Photo: Students participate in a protest against gun violence Feb. 21 outside the White House in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of students from a number of Maryland and DC schools walked out of their classrooms and made a trip to the U.S. Capitol and the White House to call for gun legislation, one week after 17 were killed in the latest mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)