Students To Rally In Old Town Against Gun Violence

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Young people from the Alexandria area will gather Saturday evening in Old Town for a rally against gun violence, according to Students Demand Action, a nationwide group of teens and young adults that advocates for reform of the nation's gun laws.

The Back to School Rally Against Gun Violence is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Market Square, on King Street at North Fairfax Street. The speakers will include:

• Hannah Miller, a leader with NOVA Students Demand Action and a student at T.C. Williams High School
• Miranda Tonsetic, a volunteer with Students Demand Action and a student at George Washington Middle School
• Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-old gun violence prevention advocate who spoke at the March for Our Lives event back in March in Washington, D.C.
• State Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-30th District

Students these days are too often the victims of gun violence, and young people "have spent their formative years in fear of gunshots — in their communities, homes and classrooms," Students Demand Action says in a statement.

Students Demand Action is a national initiative, led by teens and young adults, to fight against gun violence. The group says that its volunteers work in their schools and communities to educate their peers, register voters "and demand common-sense solutions to this national crisis."

For more information on Students Demand Action, click here.

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