GREEN BAY/APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Over 800 events took place for Saturday’s March For Our Lives.
People from all around the nation are calling for school safety and change in gun laws.
The debate has been fueled by the frequency of school shootings like the recent Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida, and Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.
The national debate is brought home to Green Bay as people are participating in Northeastern Wisconsin marches, hoping for a change.
In the Fox Valley, hundreds took to the streets of downtown Appleton to say enough is enough.
People of all ages gathered in Pierce Park Saturday.
Some held signs calling for change, while chanting “Not One More” and “Vote Them Out.”
Others dressed in orange, the official color of the gun-control movement.
Students spoke about what the march means to them.
“School should be a place where you learn and be excited to see friends. To get an education. It shouldn’t be a place where your life is in danger or your friend’s lives are in danger,” said Kari Brekke.
The Appleton march was organized by a student from Appleton North High School.
