On Friday, Sept. 5 at 12:45 p.m., hundreds of Manual students walked out of their fourth block classes and into the front courtyard in protest for the ban of assault weapons and the prevention of school shootings.
Many students held signs and echoed chants such as “enough is enough.”
The walkout was organized by the Students Demand Action (SDA) club, run by Viet Pham (12, HSU), Joanna Lee (12, J&C), Gisellene Peralta-Danger (12, HSU), Heidi Choi (12, HSU), Alyssa Faber (11, HSU) and Maggie Stone (11, J&C). The national chapter of SDA created the walkout, and it was brought to Manual and several other high schools across the country though localized chapters…