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Two Students Demand Action volunteers and five Moms Demand Action volunteers canvass with Angela Ferrell-Zabala during the 2025 election cycle in Virginia.

Thank You, Students: Your Work Helped Us Win in the 2025 Election

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100 Students, 5 Days, 1 Goal: Grow As Movement Leaders and Organizers

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A collage of photos showing people protesting for disability justice, and a disabled athlete using a wheelchair, with the disability pride colors overlayed on the collage.

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

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A large group of people, all wearing red Moms Demand Action or Students Demand Action t-shirts, are smiling, clapping, and cheering in a group photo. In the front left, a group of people hold a banner that says

17 Gun Safety Wins in the 2025 State Legislative Sessions

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Bo, an SDA leader, wears a pink t-shirt, a red cape, and is holding pride flags at a Pride event.

Be the Person You Were Born to Be, and Don’t Let Anyone Stop You

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A heavily stylized photo of a person carrying a Students Demand Action sign at a protest.

Text Team Captains: The Movement Builders Powering the Text Team

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Andres Perez, a student at Florida State University, speaks at a rally for gun safety on the steps of the Florida Capitol Building six days after the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University.

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

Volunteer Stories

The trans flag wave against a blue-sky background.

Lawmakers: Listen to Young Trans People

Volunteer Stories

Kyle Clarke Echeverría and Andrea Joseline Rodríguez Ávila pose for a photo while sitting on a sidewalk in front of the Washington Monument. They are smiling and are linking arms.

My Best Friend Was Stolen by Gun Violence. I’m Honoring Her Memory With Action.

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Iyanah Forbes, an HBCU student and the chartering president of Students Demand Action, poses for a professional photo. She stands in front of a brick wall and wears a black blazer, a gold necklace with a pendant, and small dangly gold earrings.

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

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18 Students Demand Action volunteers pose for a low-angle photo. All are wearing red Students Demand Action t-shirts, pants, and jackets or long-sleeve layers. Behind the students, an

Students Demand Action 2024: Gun Safety Wrapped

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Students Demand Action volunteers smile and clap in the front row of an auditorium. They are wearing lanyards that read

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

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Featured image for the Gun Sense Voter Guide. A person wears a faded light-blue denim jacket and a white t-shirt. A red

Voter Guide: What To Know Before Election Day

Issues You Care About

A teenage girl wears a white, button-up casual shirt with short sleeves. She also wears cut-off blue denim shorts. She has shoulder-length dark hair.

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

Issues You Care About

A Students Demand Action volunteer holds and speaks into a megaphone

What Is a Weekend of Action?

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A group of students pose in front of a sign in the White Sox stadium that says

Peer-to-Peer Empowerment: Students Demand Action’s Chicago Summer Leadership Academy 2024

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The headshots of the five featured students are superimposed on a cobalt blue blackground. The headshots are in a black-and-white color palette. The bottom half of the photo is plain white, and the headshots/blue background appear above the white background; they are blended by a texture that looks like a page has been ripped out of a notebook.

What Is the Students Demand Action National Training Team?

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Manny, a Black man in his mid-20s, stands in the center of a brown stage in front of a projected slide that reads

“Don’t Get Tricked Out Ya Spot” Conflict Resolution Tour

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A group of about 20 students pose in two rows, many of them holding signs that say

This Is How We Disarm Hate: Students Demand Action at DC Pride

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Andres Cubillos has curly dark hair cut just above his shoulders. He is standing against a blue background and wears a black suit with a red students demand action t-shirt. His left hand is raised in a wave.

I Could No Longer Stand to the Side While Young People in Florida Suffered

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Leighanne Muñoz, a student volunteer, poses for a photo. She rests her head on her left hand and is wearing a red graduation robe with a gold ribbon that circles the sleeve about an inch from the cuff. Her long hair is curled and parted in the middle.

We Must Disarm Hate In All Its Forms

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A person with light skin and shoulder-length curly blond hair poses for a photo int he middle of a street. Grey tall buildings are pictured on either side of them and recede into the distance. They have white sunglasses in their hair and hold a rainbow flag in their right hand. They have the lesbian pride flag wrapped around their shoulders. They wear a grey t-shirt, blue denim shorts, and white shoes with a rainbow on the side.

Empowering LGBTQIA+ Community Members Through Storytelling and Advocacy

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Celebrating AANHPI Communities in May and Every Month After

AANHPI Heritage Month

A student holds up a sign that says “Text Students to 644-33”

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

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