Lane Murdock
Lane Murdock | |
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| Born | Lane Maxine Murdock April 3, 2002 |
| Education | Ridgefield High School, Edinburgh Napier University |
Lane Maxine Murdock (born 3 April 2002) is an activist and founder of The National School Walkout.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Lane Murdock was born in 2002 in Texas. When she was four years old she moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut.[3] She attended Ridgefield High School.[2] The school is a 20-minute drive from Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of the 2012 massacre in which 20 children and 6 staff members died.[4]
National School Walkout conception
[edit]After the shooting in Parkland, Murdock created a petition on change.org asking people to protest the lack of responses that follow school shootings in America by participating in a walkout. The petition accumulated over 270,000 signatures.[5][6] Murdock and fellow RHS students then set about organizing their nationwide walk-out with Indivisible.[7][3]
The NationalSchoolWalkout Twitter account accumulated more than 100,000 followers in five days.[8] National School Walkout scheduled the nationwide walkout to take place on April 20, as it marked the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High school shooting.[1][7]
The April 20 walkout organized by Murdock was set to last until the end of the school day, because the issue is one that needed to be ‘addressed [for] longer than 17 minutes’.[4] This was said in reference to the March 14 walkout which lasted for 17 minutes to mark the 17 lives lost at the Marjory Stone High School shooting, with students returning to their classrooms soon after.[6]
Later life
[edit]Murdock moved to Scotland in 2020, where she studied public relations at Edinburgh Napier University.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gold, Michael (April 19, 2018). "What to Expect From the National School Walkout for Gun Safety". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ a b Sanchez, Ray (April 21, 2018). "This is the 16-year-old behind the National School Walkout". CNN. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Binkley, Collin (April 21, 2018). "U.S. students stage walkout protests". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Shapiro, Emily (April 18, 2018). "National School Walkout: Everything to know about the upcoming event". ABC News. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ O'Connor, Lydia (February 22, 2018). "Here Are The Biggest Nationwide Gun Control Protests Planned". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Gray, Sarah (April 18, 2018). "Everything You Need to Know About The April 20 National School Walkout". Time. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Boboltz, Sara (March 3, 2018). "This Connecticut High School Student Is Leading A National Anti-Gun Walkout". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Ormseth, Matthew. "15-Year-Old From Ridgefield Behind Nationwide Walkout Protesting Gun Violence In Schools". Hartford Courant. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Ray Sanchez (November 11, 2023). "She led the National School Walkout after the Parkland mass shooting. Then she left America". CNN. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ Plant, Andy; Cuthbert, Nick (March 17, 2024). "#33 Lane Murdock (Walk With Me)". Tales from the Departure Lounge. Retrieved August 18, 2024.