Reporter covers school walkout: "The 11-year-old organizers had a press packet ready for me"

[Miles Archer]

Lois Beckett
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Covering a walkout this morning at an elementary school in Virginia, and the 11-year-old organizers had a press packet ready for me.

Link to tweet

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I am so glad the right decided to take on one hundred MILLION Americans

[MissB]

2. I find that absolutely adorable.

Well done.

[shenmue]

4. Squee

[Sophia4]

3. Great teachers!

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Can those 11 year olds go run the White House?

Pretty please, with sugar on top?

[ProfessorGAC]

6. In 24 to 40 Years, Let's Hope They Do

At least those that don't turn to the dark side in college and become young republicans. I concept that still escapes me, having once been a young college kid.

[barbtries]

7. who said

"a child shall lead them"? is that biblical? i'm an atheist but every damn time i see something like this i start to cry! they are the hope.

[Aristus]

15. Yes, it's Biblical. I forget which book, chapter, and verse, though.

But so much of Biblical principle is based on simple common human decency. That's why it is all-emcompassing; for people of every faith or no faith.

[barbtries]

24. i know i follow christ's teachings

a lot more than a whole lot of people who swear they're christians.

[csziggy]

20. From Isaiah

Isaiah 11:6 (King James Version)

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

[barbtries]

23. thank you

[Aristus]

28. Thanks!

[sheshe2]

8. They are the future.

[Dem_4_Life]

9. OMG so freaking adorable!!!

These kids are the future! I LOVE it!

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. 6 million+ NRA MEMBERS in a country of 300+ million...

and they control the gun debate.

Seriously, WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY????

They need to be crushed like a pesky mosquito near a baby.

[gopiscrap]

14. what's wrong with this country in money, plain and simple

these kids don't donate to campaigns so they don't get heard by rich republican assholes who only care about money

[Gore1FL]

21. We aren't a government of the people anymore. nt

[mcar]

11. Beautiful!

These kids give me so much hope.

[salin]

12. click at the bottom (where her image is) to see her amazing twitter feed.

It isn't that she is amazing - but she is retweeting images of other protests from around the country. It is awesome!

[MontanaMama]

13. I am bursting with emotion and pride

today for these young Americans. They are rocking our world!

[TeamPooka]

16. Better spelling than from the White House Communications Office aka Typo Central. nt

[dlk]

17. The Children are Teaching Us All

This is how change happens. We can all take a lesson from the children.

[lillypaddle]

18. Gotta love these kids

The future is looking bright.

[ffr]

19. Conservatives have activated liberalism for generations to come.

Youth have gone from uninterested in politics to their lives do really depend upon it.

[BannonsLiver]

26. Also further evidence of the Boomers losing their grip

These kids weren’t raised by Boomers.

[Cha]

22. KICK4KIDS nm

[ellie]

25. That is excellent!

Way to go organizers!

[Snackshack]

27. Thats Awesome!