My name is Addie Bukhari, and I’m a sophomore at Castro Valley High School. I am the founder and president of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), and I also organized the 17-Minute Walkout on March 14th, along with members from World Citizen, and the Black Student Union. After the shooting, …

  I am a refugee from Ethiopia who has lived in the United States since I was ten years old. I was forced to flee my country during the civil war, and lived in several different countries before immigrating to the United States. At the age of fifteen, I became …