One month after a gunman opened fire in a Parkland, Florida high school killing 17 people, students across America, including many here in the metro, walked out of class Wednesday in a sign of unity and a call to stop the gunfire.
High school and college students in the Omaha area made their voices heard during a nationwide walk out Wednesday morning.
At Mercy High School about 25 students walked out of class after the entire school gathered in prayer inside the school.
Student Bayle Lopez told NewsRadio 1110 KFAB "I think prayers are very comforting and awesome and great, especially for a Catholic school, but I just feel like we should be doing something bigger. We need to be doing something about it right now. Whether you're a democrat or a republican, these are children's lives on the line and I think we definitely need to be promoting school safety."
Students at Omaha’s Duchesne Academy started their walkout a half hour before the 10:00 a.m. national protest. Some held signs with the names of the victims from the Florida massacre.
Creighton Prep, Millard West, Bennington were also among the high schools that saw students walk out. Students continued their rally cries to continue putting pressure on federal lawmakers to enact gun control legislation.
On The Creighton University campus about 150 students and staff stood in silence outside St. John's School to rally for an end to gun violence. Organizers read names of schools that have been impacted by gun violence since Columbine.
Senior Ed Nunez told NewsRadio 1110 KFAB young people need to take more of a role in pushing for safer schools. (See the video of Nunez below). Nunez and the other organizers urged everyone to contact their lawmakers in Washington and call for legislation that will make schools safer.