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The grief and mourning continue for the 17 students and staff killed on the afternoon of Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony, activism has emerged and students from across South Florida are speaking out together asking for stricter gun controls. Here's a list of grief counseling resources available for the community.

Turning Anger Into Votes: Parkland Students Inspire Other Broward High Schoolers To Vote

WLRN Public Media | By Caitie Muñoz

Published March 2, 2018 at 6:10 PM EST

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Volunteers from Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum's gubernatorial campaign were on hand to help high schoolers get registered, or pre-registered, to vote.

Caitie Switalski / WLRN

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If students didn't come to the drive with maroon ribbons to show support for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a basket to pick them up was next to the voter registration cards.

Caitie Switalski / WLRN

It’s been just over two weeks since the shooting that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

But on Friday afternoon, a handful of Cypress Bay high schoolers came to Weston Regional Park wearing maroon ribbons to show support for Douglas students...and to get registered to vote.

Veronica Carbonell, a 17-year-old senior at Cypress Bay, was one of the students who registered at the event.

“Since what happened in Douglas, I think I’ve seen an impact that never in my life have I seen before, after such a horrible tragedy,” she said. “A lot of my inspiration is these kids from Parkland.”

Carbonell will be eligible to vote in the November 2018 election, and she plans to.

“It is more important than ever to pass legislation with stricter gun control and stricter background checks,” she said.

Carbonell said her principal, Charles Neely, was supportive of the student walkouts last week that she participated in.

“We all walked out and then we walked to a park that was about three blocks away…it was extremely emotional,” Carbonyl said.

At the voter registration drive, other Cypress Bay students who couldn’t yet register to vote could pre-register as long as they were over the age of 16.