00:01Who are we?
00:02MSD!
00:03A generation that's lived their whole lives with the threat of mass...
00:08The best thing about the kids from Parkland, they are so smart, and they are so committed,
00:14and they are in a rage, and they will not stop now.
00:18March for our lives.
00:20They put that together by themselves.
00:21I was down there in Parkland with them in the weeks leading up to it,
00:25and then they had a rule.
00:26No adult, no one over the age of 18 could speak at the rally.
00:31It was all kid-run, kid-speakers.
00:34They did let a few adults come on the stage and entertain them.
00:38That was...
00:42You can sing for us.
00:45They're calling this the largest youth-led protest since the Vietnam War era.
00:49In a little over six minutes.
00:51You can say that your voice doesn't matter because the NRA owns them.
01:00These are kids who haven't had art classes cut.
01:04Band hasn't been cut.
01:06Debate hasn't been cut.
01:07In fact, in that school district, they expect you to take debate, or speech, or some kind of class like that,
01:16so that you can stand on your own two feet and speak about the things you feel strongly about.
01:21And it made me think about all of our schools that have cut their civics classes,
01:27that have cut arts, and culture, and the things that, you know,
01:34things that teach creative thinking, things that teach critical thinking.
01:39And we're raising a generation of young people that don't get to have those things.
01:44The fact that these kids are all poets makes their ability to speak out in such an eloquent fashion,
01:53and in an accessible fashion, all the more easy for them.
02:12You better get out of their way.
02:14They are coming.
02:15And they are going to be, and are already, the leaders of a very important movement.
02:21Welcome to the revolution.
02:26It is a powerful and peaceful one, because it is of, by, and for the young people of this country.
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