Samantha Deitsch (born February 14, 2003) is an American author and gun control activist who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.
Sam Deitsch | |
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| Born | Samantha Deitsch February 14, 2003 |
| Education | Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School |
| Occupation | High school student |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Organization | Never Again MSD |
| Known for | Gun control advocacy |
| Relatives | Matt Deitsch (brother) Ryan Deitsch (brother) |
Early life
editSamantha Deitsch was born on February 14, 2003.[1][2] She started attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2017. Deitsch was a freshman at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School when the mass shooting occurred in 2018.[3] She was friends with one of the victims, Jaime Guttenberg.[4] She is the younger sister of film director Matt Deitsch and activist Ryan Deitsch.[5]
Gun control advocacy
editAfter the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Deitsch and her older brothers started to embark on gun control advocacy with March For Our Lives.[6] She co-founded the organization and helped contribute to Glimmer of Hope, a book about the activism after the shooting.[7][8] Prior to her gun control advocacy, Deitsch described herself as not politically active.[9]
Political views
editIn 2019, Broward County, Florida, adopted a Text-to-9-1-1 system and Deitsch expressed her support for the new system: "Being able to text 911 is a necessary addition to pre-existing public safety resources".[10]
Bibliography
edit- with March For Our Lives (2018). Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement. Penguin Young Readers Group. ISBN 9781984836403.
References
edit- ^ Deitsch, Samantha (7 March 2018). "Poem for Parkland: I Can't Feel My Head". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Lopez, Julyssa. "A 15-Year-Old Girl Wrote This Beautiful Poem About Surviving The Parkland Shooting". Glamour. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "'Every day for me is Feb. 14': A year after mass shooting, Parkland's grief goes on". NBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Parkland siblings Sam, Matt and Ryan Deitsch turned to a life of activism after the shooting". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Parkland shooting stirs 3 siblings to lives of activism". ABC News. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "3 siblings bond through March For Our Lives after shooting". WNYT NewsChannel 13. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Mission & Story". March For Our Lives. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Glimmer of hope : how tragedy sparked a movement. [New York]. 2018. ISBN 9781984836090.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Livni, Noa. "MSD students continue to adjust to life two years after deadly shooting". THE EAGLE EYE. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Quinn, Mackenzie. "Broward County citizens can now text 911". THE EAGLE EYE. Retrieved 13 June 2022.