The walkout is slated to begin at noon and last an hour at campuses statewide, which includes Florida State University—just down the street from the governor's mansion and his office at Florida's Capitol building.
College students in Florida have planned a massive walkout for Thursday to protest what they describe are repeated “attacks” by’ on LGBTQ+ students and people of color at the state's universities. The walkout is slated to begin at noon and last an hour at campuses statewide, which includes Florida State University—just down the street from the governor's mansion and his office at Florida's Capitol building.
The walkout is being set up by the Florida College Democrats and Dream Defenders—two organizations that have called out DeSantis for recently pledging to axe funding to schools’ diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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