{"id":146814,"date":"2019-03-05T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=146814"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:12:44","slug":"parkland-shooting-survivor-david-hogg-speaks-uconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/03\/parkland-shooting-survivor-david-hogg-speaks-uconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg Speaks at UConn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke Hajdasz of the Daily Campus, left, interviews David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor turned activist, at the Alumni Center on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Luke Hajdasz of the Daily Campus, left, interviews David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor turned activist, at the Alumni Center on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"David<\/a>
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks with UConn students at the Alumni Center on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks with UConn students at the Alumni Center on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"David<\/a>
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks with UConn students at the Alumni Center on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Wanjiku Gatheru \u201920 (CAHNR), vice president of USG and co-chair of the Metanoia Committee, opens the event at the Student Union Theatre. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Wanjiku Gatheru \u201920 (CAHNR), vice president of USG and co-chair of the Metanoia Committee, opens the event at the Student Union Theatre. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"U.S.<\/a>
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney introduces Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia on the theme Youth for Change. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney introduces Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia on the theme Youth for Change. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"David<\/a>
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks about gun violence and student activism at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks about gun violence and student activism at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"David<\/a>
David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks about gun violence and student activism at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, speaks about gun violence and student activism at the Student Union Theatre, as part of this spring's Metanoia. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"David<\/a>
David Hogg listens to a question from Sawyer McCrabb \u201919 (CLAS) during a Q&A session at the Student Union Theatre on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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David Hogg listens to a question from Sawyer McCrabb \u201919 (CLAS) during a Q&A session at the Student Union Theatre on March 4. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Just over a year since a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 students and staff and injuring 17 others, survivor-activist David Hogg spoke at UConn about gun violence and youth activism.<\/p>\n

Hogg, who helped organize the March for Our Lives after the deadly shooting, urged young people to make their voices heard, to vote, and to focus on changing systems, rather than personalities, to build a future free of gun violence .<\/p>\n

The event, held Monday, was part of UConn’s spring 2019 Metanoia, titled Youth for Change.<\/p>\n

Each year, UConn convenes a Metanoia around an important issue of our time. This year\u2019s focus is on the process of change itself, and involves discussion of the most pressing issues facing young people today, as well as a set of workshops on how youth can effectively act to change the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cYouth for Change\u201d is sponsored by the Office of the President, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), and the Student Union Board of Governors (SUBOG).<\/p>\n

The Metanoia committee is co-chaired by Wanjiku Gatheru \u201920 (CAHNR), USG vice president and environmental studies major, and Chris Vials, director of American studies and associate professor of English.<\/p>\n

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