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“I Learned to Duck Bullets Before I Learned to Read”: Edna Chavez at March For Our Lives Rally

Speakers eat Saturday’s historic student protest included Edna Chavez, a 17-year-old student from Los Angeles.

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Hundreds of thousands rallied for gun control in Washington, DC, Saturday for the March For Our Lives. The march was organized by survivors of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Speakers included Edna Chavez, a 17-year-old student from Los Angeles.

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