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Students in every corner of the U.S. have designated today National Walkout Day and marched out of their classrooms to protest gun violence on American campuses.

The big picture: Students from Los Angeles to Charlottesville showed power in numbers and demanded action from lawmakers on the one-month anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

A screenshot of my Snap Maps shows hotspots around the country where students are walking out of class. Screenshot: Erica Pandey

Students across the country stage walkouts to protest gun violence

From middle schoolers in Atlanta to college kids in Charlottesville.

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<p>Students in every corner of the U.S. have designated today National Walkout Day and marched out of their classrooms to protest gun violence on American campuses.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="04aa6208-3108-4bdc-8895-381d3b570a84"><a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/973944242686095360"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Students from Los Angeles to Charlottesville showed power in numbers and demanded action from lawmakers on the one-month anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.</p>

Students across the country stage walkouts to protest gun violence

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