Millennials march out of US schools to unite against Trump
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protesters were not slowing down six days after Donald Trump's election, many of them high school students leaving class by the hundreds Monday to carry signs and flags on the streets of several U.S. cities.
The demonstrations began at Garfield High School, the subject of the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver" focusing on teacher Jamie Escalante's successful college-level math programs.
About 200 middle- and high-school students left two Denver charter schools to march to the state Capitol, where they chanted and held up signs saying, "Millennial voice matters" and "Make peace not war."
Police and school officials escorted the students, who attend Denver's Strive Prep Excel High School and Byers Middle School, along city streets to the Capitol building to ensure their safety.
In a city that has seen some of the largest and most destructive protests, a few hundred high school students from at least four campuses walked out of class to gather in the rain in front of City Hall.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales says violent protests aren't a productive way to create change and believes they are being used in his city as cover for "outrageous, bad, criminal behavior."
A protest organizer says activists are reaching out to their counterparts in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and other major cities in an effort to keep Trump from prevailing on many of his issues.
Hundreds of high school students left campus and took to the streets to declare their opposition to Trump, while hundreds more gathered for a rally at a school football stadium.