{"id":5058744,"date":"2022-06-22T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5058744"},"modified":"2022-06-22T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:30:00","slug":"meriden-students-protest-against-gun-violence-and-discuss-its-impact-on-latino-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2022\/06\/22\/meriden-students-protest-against-gun-violence-and-discuss-its-impact-on-latino-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Meriden Students Protest Against Gun Violence and Discuss Its Impact on Latino Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meriden students from Maloney and Platt High School organized separate student walkouts earlier this month to protest against gun violence and honor the victims of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Maloney seniors organized a walkout on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Maloney-students-organize-walk-out-in-wake-of-Texas-school-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 1<\/a> and three Platt students, including Junior Jocelynn L\u00f3pez, hosted their walkout the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-students-speak-out-about-Uvalde-including-Latino-community-impact.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-students-speak-out-about-Uvalde-including-Latino-community-impact.html\" target=\"_blank\">following day<\/a>. Students reflected on how the May 24 shooting has impacted Latino communities across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing Latina myself, it was hard to hear that my community was hurt and is suffering during this difficult time,\u201d L\u00f3pez said. \u201cUs Latinos stick together, and if one is hurt, then we all hurt and this felt like it hit so close to home.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00f3pez also pointed out that Platt has a diverse student body. About 60 percent of Platt students identify as Latino while Latinos make up around 90 percent of Robb Elementary School\u2019s student population, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-students-speak-out-about-Uvalde-including-Latino-community-impact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Record-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen Sandy Hook happened, we were in second grade, and I remembered my parents pulling me into their room to talk about it,\u201d said Mikayla Bunnell, another organizer of the Platt walkout. \u201cBut this is different because we understood the gravity of the situation and now that we\u2019re older we can be activists in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publisher\u2019s Notes: This story is an aggregate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/latino-news\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/latino-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Latino Communities Reporting Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CTLatinoNews <a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/announcement-ctln-partners-with-the-latino-communities-reporting-lab\/\">partners<\/a> with the Latino Communities Reporting Lab in best serving the Hispanic-Latino communities of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover Photo: By Daniel Corsetti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meriden students from Maloney and Platt High School organized separate student walkouts earlier this month to protest against gun violence 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