Lauren Hogg
{{Short description|American author and activist (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lauren Hogg
| birth_name = Lauren Elizabeth Hogg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|06|10}}{{cite tweet |last=Hogg |first=David |author-link=David Hogg|user=davidhogg111|number=1005827742389202945|date=Jun 10, 2018|title=Happy birthday @lauren_hoggs you're incredibly smart and kind I can't wait to see how you'll change the world next.}}; {{cite book |author1=David Hogg |author2=Lauren Hogg |authorlink1=David Hogg |title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line|date=Jun 19, 2018 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781984801838 |page=about}}
| birth_place =
| education = Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Georgetown Day School
Georgetown University
| years_active = 2018–present
| organization = Never Again MSD, March for Our Lives
| relatives = David Hogg (brother)
| website = [https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs Lauren Hogg on Twitter]
}}
Lauren Elizabeth Hogg (born June 10, 2003) is an American author and activist against gun violence. She survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018 and after became a co-founder of March for Our Lives and advocates against gun violence. She is the younger sister of gun control activist and former Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg, who also survived the shooting. She graduated from MSD High School in 2021, three years after David.
Early life and Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
{{See also|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting}}
Hogg was born on June 10, 2003, and is the daughter of Kevin Hogg, a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Lauren |last2=Hogg |first2=David |authorlink1=Lauren Hogg |authorlink2=David Hogg |title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line |date=19 June 2018 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781984801876 |pages=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7xVDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=19 April 2020}} and Rebecca Boldrick, born in San Diego County, California{{cite web |title=Rebecca Boldrick |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/rebecca_boldrick_born_1966_9445658 |website=californiabirthindex.org |accessdate=25 June 2020}} and a teacher for Broward County Public Schools in Broward County, Florida.{{cite news |last1=Scanlan |first1=Quinn |title='I'm 14, I haven't even driven yet': Florida shooting survivor who lost 4 friends in the massacre |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/im-14-havent-driven-florida-shooting-survivor-lost/story?id=53170105 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=ABC News |language=en}} Hogg and her family moved to Washington, D.C. where she attended Georgetown Day School, graduating in 2021.{{cite web |first1= |title=GDS 2021 Graduation |url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1623178203/gdsorg/zaebj6ad77e30bqhrn9m/2021-graduation-program.pdf |website=2021-graduation-program.pdf |publisher=GDS}} She has stated that D.C. is her refuge.{{cite news |title=Youngest Survivors Of Parkland School Shooting Now Graduating |url=https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/06/07/youngest-survivors-parkland-marjory-stoneman-douglas-shooting-graduating/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=CBS Miami |date=7 June 2021}}
On February 14, 2018, Hogg was a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19-year-old former student of the school entered the campus and started shooting with a semi-automatic rifle. Hogg was in a television production class when the shooting started; the fire alarm was activated and she believed it was possibly a prank because they had had a fire alarm drill earlier in the day.{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Lauren |last2=Hogg |first2=David |authorlink1=Lauren Hogg |authorlink2=David Hogg |title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line |date=19 June 2018 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781984801876 |pages=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7xVDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=19 April 2020}} When Hogg and other students were in the stairwell after evacuating due to the alarm, she realized that it was not a prank after she saw students running out of the building. She went back to her classroom and unlocked a closet in the room and hid with other students.{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Lauren |last2=Hogg |first2=David |authorlink1=Lauren Hogg |authorlink2=David Hogg |title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line |date=19 June 2018 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781984801876 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7xVDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=19 April 2020}} Hogg reunited with her brother and father later that day.{{cite news |last1=Amos |first1=Owen |title=Florida shooting: A survivor's story |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43069670 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2018}} Her friends Jaime Guttenberg, Alaina Petty, Alyssa Alhadeff, and Gina Montalto were killed in the shooting.{{cite news |last1=Scanlan |first1=Quinn |title='I'm 14, I haven't even driven yet': Florida shooting survivor who lost 4 friends in the massacre |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/im-14-havent-driven-florida-shooting-survivor-lost/story?id=53170105 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=ABC News |language=en}}
Gun control advocacy
After the shooting, Hogg became an activist against gun rights in the United States and became a co-founder of the March for Our Lives protests.{{cite news |last1=Samsel |first1=Haley |title=Parkland Shooting Survivor, Parent to Testify at House Hearing on School Security |url=https://campuslifesecurity.com/articles/2019/09/26/parkland-shooting-survivor-parent-to-testify-at-house-hearing-on-school-security.aspx |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=Campus Security and Life Safety |date=26 September 2019}} She co-authored a book with her brother, David Hogg, called #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line published by Random House.{{cite news |title=Parkland student recalls shooting, activism in talk to teachers in Northwest Arkansas |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jul/20/parkland-student-recalls-shooting-activ/?news |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=Arkansas Online |date=20 July 2019 |language=en}}
Hogg testified as a witness before the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery in September 2019, following new legislation in the United States Senate that addressed school safety. Before the hearing, she spoke at a rally against gun rights alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Speaking to members of the subcommittee, Hogg said, "I think if we did enough, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have lost my friends."{{cite news |last1=Homan |first1=Timothy R. |title=Parkland survivor Lauren Hogg implores Congress to do more on school shootings |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/463287-parkland-survivor-lauren-hogg-implores-congress-to-do-more-on-school |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=The Hill |date=26 September 2019 |language=en}} She also told members that lawmakers need to take steps including hiring mental health professionals to provide grief counseling to students and provide security in schools, in opposition to Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis signing a bill into law allowing public school districts to arm teachers.
Political views
Hogg describes herself as liberal and supports raising the purchase age of firearms from 18 to 21, because the shooter of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was 19 years old and purchased the gun legally.{{cite book |last1=Hogg |first1=Lauren |last2=Hogg |first2=David |authorlink1=Lauren Hogg |authorlink2=David Hogg |title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781984801876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7xVDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=19 April 2020 |chapter=Aftermath: Lauren|date=19 June 2018 }}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7xVDwAAQBAJ|title=#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line|last1=Hogg|first1=Lauren|last2=Hogg|first2=David|publisher=Random House|year=2018|isbn=978-1-9848-0187-6|author-mask=with}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ha6oDwAAQBAJ|title=Activist: A Story of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting|last=Hogg|first=Lauren|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2019|isbn=9781947378230}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|lauren_hoggs}}
- {{IMDB name|nm9920000}}
{{Stoneman Douglas High School shooting}}
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Category:21st-century American writers
Category:American gun control activists
Category:American child activists
Category:American political writers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Parkland, Florida