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TAKING ACTION: The photo above was from the 2023 statewide gun control walkout. Now alumni, Zephan Mayeda leans against a tree during the walkout holding a sign reading “Bullets aren’t school supplies.” He participated in the walkout to protest against the lack of gun protection in the U.S. and to draw attention to the statewide protest. 

“Children are dying due to government’s apathy and corporate lobbying against any action of any kind,” Mayeda said. 

Mayeda was disappointed in the lack of organization that came with the protest but still participated. 

“Better something than nothing,” he said. 

Mayeda offered what he would love to see at the walkout.  

“I would have loved to see marching, chants, speeches, lists of phone numbers to call senators, names pictures and birthdays of the victims, flyers promoting the protest days weeks or months even in advance, mass absences, an actual walkout for those who can’t not go to school that isn’t just 20 minutes of sitting,” Mayeda said.

Although he was underwhelmed, Mayeda appreciated the symbolism. 

“I think it held some importance in regards to symbolic gestures,” Mayeda said. 
Reporting by Kate Boyle.
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