Volunteer Stories

What Does Disability Pride Month Mean to You? Three Members of the Students Demand Action Disabled Students Affinity Group Respond

17 Gun Safety Wins in the 2025 State Legislative Sessions

Text Team Captains: The Movement Builders Powering the Text Team

‘We Didn’t Know if We Were Going to Make It Out’

Lawmakers: Listen to Young Trans People

I Know the Exact Day I Realized Gun Violence Was An Issue in the United States

Students Demand Action 2024: Gun Safety Wrapped

Thank You, Students: On International Volunteer Day 2024, We’re Honoring Your Action

I Can’t Vote—But I Can Still Get Involved and Have a Say in the Election

What Is the Students Demand Action National Training Team?

Celebrating AANHPI Communities in May and Every Month After

“Texting Is an Integral Part of the Gun Violence Prevention Movement”

If You Can Make a Difference in the World, Do It—and Don’t Look Back

Tennessee students deserve safe schools. Our lawmakers must act on gun violence.

Many young Tennesseans will head back to school in the coming weeks, and we must continue to demand our lawmakers take action on gun safety.

We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Proud

Turning Sympathy into Change: Youth Advocacy for Gun Violence Prevention in Indianapolis

Here We Are: How Students Show Up to Prevent Gun Violence

Jakoby Mitchell: Turning Our Pain Into Purpose

The Gun Industry Can’t Ignore Students Demand Action

Secure storage is important for gun violence prevention and school safety. Here’s how I’ve advocated for it in my community.

Students Demand Action volunteer Madeleine Ahmadi is a prominent advocate for secure storage in her community of Essex Junction, Vermont.

Why First-Time Voters and Youth Gun Safety Advocates Are Mobilizing Ahead of the Midterms to Secure a Safer Future

Students Demand Action volunteers and first time-voters Insherah Qazi and Kayleigh Wolfe discuss the importance of the youth vote in electing gun sense leaders.

Latinx Heritage Month is a time to empower young voices

Self care helps you get in touch with yourself after challenging times

Finding your identity does not define your worth