3,044 members of the high school class of 2021 who were killed by guns.
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firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in america.
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every year, 15,000 children and teens are shot and killed or wounded and approximately 3 million are exposed to gun violence.
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since 2013, there have been at least 635 incidents of gunfire on school grounds.
how many future teachers, nurses,
doctors, filmmakers, family makers, and community
builders did guns steal from us?
this is how many
Graduation day is meant to symbolize potential and achievement. But for this group of students, it’s become a day to wonder what the rest of their lives would have looked like. Although the futures of those in The Lost Class may have been taken away, they can still make a difference in the future of America by urging the government to require universal background checks on gun sales.
the petition
Let’s not lose another class of students to the gun violence epidemic. Let’s demand that we make graduating America’s children more important than gaining uninhibited access to guns. Sign the Lost Class’ graduation petition below to demand that lawmakers pass laws requiring universal background checks.
use your voice to demand more students make it to graduation day.
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help make a difference while you get your diploma by supporting
with your graduation cap.
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Print out our custom graduation cap design to memorialize the Lost Class and call for universal background checks.
Our mission at Change the Ref is to raise awareness about mass shootings through creativity in order to reduce the influence of the NRA on the Federal level. By bringing the NRA’s corrupt maneuvers to buy lawmakers into focus, we hope to inspire solutions which are essential to healing mass shooting victims’, survivors’ and their families’ lifelong grief. To accomplish this mission, we strive to empower the youth, our future leaders, so they can be the change makers on critical issues that affect our nation, through education, conversation, and activism.
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