Students organizing ‘teach-in’ at State Capitol on Monday
Students hope to tell legislators what it means to be in the ‘Lock-Down Generation’ and their opposition to arming teachers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - High school students are organizing a “teach-in” at the Tennessee State Capitol on Monday morning.
Emmie Wolf-Dubin and Sarayah Shaw are organizing the rally in opposition of HB 1202, the bill that would allow teachers to carry in the classroom. The event will begin on the Capitol steps at 11 a.m. following the Akilah DaSilva Foundation’s Remembrance event. It will end before the House floor session begins at noon.
“We, a diverse group of students from differing backgrounds, are taking a break from our math and history classes to teach one another a lesson on what it means to be safe,” Wolf-Dubin and Shaw said in a news release. “We are taking our expertise on what it means to be students in the ‘Lock-Down Generation’ and hope to both learn and educate our legislators and community members on our opposition to HB1202.”
The rally will begin with chants, then hear from speakers on both the technical language of the bill and personal experience, and then they will engage in dialogue with each other.
The students said their goal is to start a conversation and hopefully prevent a vote on the bill.
“We the students demand safe schools free of guns,” the release said.
“We need to equip our students for difficult conversations with their representatives by creating opportunities for them to lead educated conversations, like the ones we will have at this teach-in,” Wolf-Dubin said in a news release. “We desperately hope legislators on both sides of the aisle will come to hear us and engage with us on Monday.
“We truly believe HB1202 will harm our learning and endanger our security, and are looking forward to the opportunity to both share our perspective and learn from those around us. The students of Nashville are deeply concerned for our lives as we look to the future of education in Tennessee. We, as a state, have sat in our anger for long enough, and it’s time to turn it into action.”
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