Content warning: This email reflects on the events in Oxford, Michigan on November 30, 2021. We understand if this email is hard to read through. Take care of yourself and skip the rest of this email. Here are some mental health resources that you may find helpful.
Today marks three years since the tragic shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, which injured seven people, and killed four students.
Like many other mass shootings, the warning signs were there. This was preventable.
Oxford isn’t just an incident of individual failings. It showcases how the entire system around guns is broken in this country.
We need stronger background checks, red flag laws, and the multitude of gun safety solutions that we know work. That’s the future we’re fighting for.
As young people, we were shaken by this tragedy but instead of letting our feelings of hopelessness take over, we turned to action. We worked with Oxford High School students who turned pain into power and became fierce advocates. We’re proud to still work with many of these survivors today.
In the days that followed the shooting, March For Our Lives organizers created a community healing event with mental health professionals, free meals, and resources. Later, survivors and activists took to the capitol to demand change.
Because of the years-long organizing efforts by young people in Michigan and beyond, last year we won the first gun safety package in Michigan in over 30 years! But we still have more to do.
We won’t forget Oxford High School. We won’t forget the victims who died and were injured in this senseless tragedy. We continue onwards for them.
In solidarity,
Team March For Our Lives
Today and every day we honor the lives lost in Oxford, Michigan on November 30, 2021.
Madisyn Baldwin, 17
Tate Myre, 16
Hana St. Juliana, 14
Justin Shilling, 17