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Meet The Student Activists Emerging In Texas After The Mass Shooting In Santa Fe

SYDNEY GREENE, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 28, 2018 · Just as the Parkland shooting turned Florida students into activists, the Santa Fe High School shooting mobilized a group of students to push for change in their conservative community.

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