The Uvalde shooting has turned some parents into activists — and the work campaigning for assault rifle bans and new minimum age laws helps distract them from unthinkable grief. 'It's been difficult because we don't even want to get out of bed some days.'
Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPRA makeshift memorial stands at Robb Elementary School, which has been permanently closed in Uvalde.Pastor Carlos Contreras leads Uvalde residents in prayer during a walk around two local public schools. The group has been meeting every Sunday to pray for protection of each school in Uvalde.Pastor Carlos Contreras leads Uvalde residents in prayer during a walk around two local public schools.
"All of our kids will eventually be in this area, so if something ever happens again, we thought, 'Well, they can run home,'" Kimberly says.Oscar and Jessica Orona had to start reckoning with sending their 10-year old son, Noah, to school weeks ago because they opted for a private school that has been in session since mid-August. Noah was in one of the classrooms that was massacred at Robb Elementary when he was shot.
who were impacted by the shooting at Robb Elementary."He feels safe there, they were the first school that embraced enhanced security," Oscar says. Sacred Heart's principal, Joseph Olan, told NPR that the school was in the process of replacing windows and doors with ballistic grade materials, door locks are being upgraded, and new cameras have already been installed.
"Going back to school, fire drills, lockdown drills — anything that can remind them of what happened can put them back in that survival state," she says.
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