DENVER — Students from several area high schools missed class on Wednesday to make their voices heard in the wake of the Evergreen High School shooting last week.

A group of over 100 students gathered on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol before marching through downtown streets to advocate for change that will end gun violence. The demonstration was organized by Students Demand Action, a student activist group that launched in earnest after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in 2018.

“A lot of the time we wait for adults to act, and that doesn't always happen,” one student told the crowd before Wednesday morning’s march. “Being here today proves that we are the now and we are the present in this fight for change and in this movement.”

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