'We're not supposed to feel unsafe:' back to school in the age of school shootings

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida sparked a youth movement for change across the nation. In part two of our School Shootings in America podcast, we speak to teens in Seattle to see how they’ve been inspired to take action, and why this event was different than the ones before.

[Listen to part one of this series on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting here.]

Why now? What inspired these students to get involved in one of the nation’s most controversial policy debates, and what keeps them going? Listen to part two of our School Shootings in America podcast

In part one of this podcast last week, we heard the accounts of Danielle Gilbert and Monique Miquel, two survivors of the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 

This podcast was created in KUOW's RadioActive Intro to Journalism Workshop for 15-18 year olds, with production support from Natalie Newcomb. Edited by Ann Kane. Find RadioActive on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and on the RadioActive podcast.