"Since this movement began, people have asked me, do you think any change is going to come from this?" says Cameron Kasky, a Stoneman Douglas student. "Look around. We are the change." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"We hereby promise to fix the broken system we've been forced into and create a better world for the generations to come," Cameron Kasky says. "Don't worry, we've got this." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"For the first time in a long while, I look forward 10 years and I feel hope. I see light. I see a system I'll be proud of, but it all starts with you," Cameron Kasky says cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"I'm here to speak for those youth who fear they may be shot while going to the gas station, the movies, the bus stop, to church, or even to and from school," says Trevon Bosley, a student from Chicago cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"We can only live in this so-called American dream if we have the proper gun legislation and resources to do so," Trevon Bosley says. "It's time for America to notice that everyday shootings are everyday problems." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"This is more than just a march, this is more than just one day, one event, then moving on," says Delaney Tarr, a Stoneman Douglas student. "This is a movement relying on the passion and persistence of its people." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"I say one life is worth more than all the guns in America. This is not a red versus blue issue -- this is a morals issue," says Sarah Chadwick, a Stoneman Douglas student cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
Edna Chavez, a student from South Los Angeles, lost her brother to gun violence: "This is normal -- normal to the point that I've learned to duck from bullets before I learned how to read." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"Arming teachers will not work. More security in our schools does not work. Zero tolerance policies do not work," student Edna Chavez says. "They make us feel like criminals. We should feel supported & empowered in our schools." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"People believe that the youth of this country are insignificant. People believe that the youth have no voice," says Alex Wind, a Stoneman Douglas student. "I say that we were the only people who could have made this movement possible." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"We would not need metal detectors and clear backpacks and more weapons in our streets in there weren't weapons of war in the hands of civilians," Alex Wind says cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
WATCH: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg takes the stage at #MarchForOurLives in Washington, D.C. cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
"We're going to make sure the best people get in our elections to run not as politicians, but as Americans. Because this -- this -- is not cutting it," David Hogg says, pointing to U.S. Capitol cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"I am here to acknowledge & represent the African-American girls whose stories don't make the front page of every national newspaper, whose stories don't lead on the evening news," says Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-old from Alexandria, Va. cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"My friends and I might still be 11, and we might still be in elementary school but we know," says Naomi Wadler. "We also know that we stand in the shadow of the Capitol, and we know that we have 7 short years until we too have the right to vote." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
Mya Middleton, a student from Chicago, tells her story of gun violence: "Guns have long scared our children, corrupted our adults and publicly silenced our government." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"Our nation's politics are sick with soullessness, but make no mistake, we are the cure," says Matt Post, a student from Montgomery County, Md. cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"It won't be easy to change things. The immoral, the obstructionists and the complicit are already lining up to block our path. We'll have to have some courage to fix this. It's going to take some will," Maryland student Matt Post says cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
Christopher Underwood, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, lost his brother to gun violence: “For me, I would like to not worry about dying, and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. Don't I deserve to grow up?" cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
Stoneman Douglas student Jaclyn Corin: "This disease continues to spread even though we have discovered the cure, but our government officials close their ears because it involves change -- a change that does not align with their own agenda." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
"Parkland cannot and will not do this alone. There is strength in numbers and we need each and every one of you to keep screaming at your own congressmen," Jaclyn Corin says. "Have them hear you out because they work for us." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"I have a dream that enough is enough. And that this should be a gun free world, period," says 9-year-old Yolanda Renee King, who is Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"We cannot make America safe again until we arm our teachers," says Ryan Deitsch, a Stoneman Douglas student. “We need to arm them with pencils, pens, paper and the money they need.” cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
Stoneman Douglas student Ryan Deitsch on those who criticize student walkouts: "I say to them: The real disruption to the educational process is staring down the barrel of a gun." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"Yes, I am a Parkland survivor, but before this, I was a regular black girl. And after this I am still black and regular and I will fight for all of us," says Aalayah Eastmond, a Stoneman Douglas student cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"The truth is, I am not here for me. I am here for you. So you don't have to fear of getting shot in your own classroom," says Sam Fuentes, a Stoneman Douglas student who was wounded in the Feb. 14 shooting cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
Parkland shooting survivor Sam Fuentes continues speech after throwing up on stage: "Our mission is simple and our ambitions are unbeatable. Let's keep the guns out of the hands of the wrong people and keep them in the hands of the safe and reasonable." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
WATCH: Crowd in Washington, D.C., sings "Happy Birthday" for Parkland shooting victim Nicholas Dworet, who would have turned 18 on Saturday cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"Our pain makes us family. Us hurting together brings us closer together to fight for something better," 17-year-old Chicago student Alex King tells crowd at #MarchForOurLives cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
"We realize without the resources, this issue of violence will not be resolved. We will not stop until we are properly resourced in our communities," Chicago student Alex King says cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
“We are survivors. Let me say for you: We are survivors. We are survivors of a cruel and silent nation. A nation where freedom, justice, equality and purpose is upheld,” says Chicago student D’Angelo McDade cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"We are the survivors of unjust policies and practices upheld by our Senate. We are survivors of lack of resources within our schools. We are survivors of social, emotional and physical harm," says Chicago student D’Angelo McDade cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"America, I am pleading with you to realize this is not OK. We do not have to live like this," says Matthew Soto, whose sister was killed in Sandy Hook. "Show those that say our lives are not more important than a gun that we are important, that we matter" cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
Tommy Murray, who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School during 2012 shooting, gives advice to Parkland students: "We want to tell you to keep fighting as hard as you can. Your voices are so important. Your stories have truly changed hearts and minds." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
Malala Yousafzai gives a video message to #MarchForOurLives: "To every friend, veteran, brother or sister who lost a loved one, my heart is with you. Although I am not there with you today, I stand with you." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
WATCH: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School @Emma4Change takes the stage at #MarchForOurLives cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK
Stoneman Douglas student @Emma4Change reads the names of her fellow Parkland students who were killed in the Feb. 14 shooting, then stands in silence cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
“Since the time that I came out here, it has been 6 minutes and 20 seconds,” @Emma4Change says, breaking her silence. "Fight for your lives before it is someone else's job." cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"Guns only serve one purpose: to take a life. They don’t spare, they don’t protect. They take lives," says one Parkland student. “We are saying no more.” cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"It is important that we realize that we are all Americans and we are susceptible to the same corruption and greed, regardless of who you are or where you come from," says @davidhogg111, urging the crowd to vote cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
