The “March for Our Lives” drew more than 350 people to downtown Twisp last weekend.
Hundreds join national action to end school violence
By Ashley Ahearn
Liberty Bell senior Anna Post took her message to the march.
More than 350 people, led by local students, marched through the streets of Twisp on Saturday (March 24), carrying signs and chanting “Not one more,” and “2-4-6-8! We just want to graduate.”
It was part of a national day of organizing around gun control called “March for Our Lives,” which brought hundreds of thousands of people into the streets across the country.
“In the 2018 election there will be more of our generation than baby boomers,” said Anna Post, a senior at Liberty Bell High School who spoke before the march. “If they [Congress] won’t listen to our voice they’ll have to listen to our votes.”
Liliana Hart-Beck, also a senior and co-founder of HOPES (Helping Our Peers End Suicide), held a sign that read “Attention Rep. Dan Newhouse: Your ‘A’ rating from the NRA puts a Dunce Cap on your head in our grade book. Class of 2018! We Vote!”
Hart-Beck says her class is split 50/50 when it comes to guns, “which provides for some interesting class meetings,” she said, smiling. “But we find common ground.” Hart-Beck mentioned one of her classmates who is an avid hunter and pro-gun, but the two young women both believe that semi-automatics should be banned.
The crowd marched along Highway 20, then crossed the highway and came up Glover Street and back to the Methow Valley Community Center where Ann Diamond, who is running for a state House of Representatives seat as an independent in District 12, made some closing comments.
“We’re reaching a point where the number of people speaking up are no longer just voices in the wilderness. I’m here to make sure we don’t lose momentum,” Diamond said. “We have to continue beyond the streets and into the voting booths.”
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