Sam Deitsch
{{Short description|American gun control advocate (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Deitsch
| birth_name = Samantha Deitsch
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|2003|02|14}}
| birth_place =
| nationality =
| occupation = High school student
| years_active = 2018–present
| education = Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
| known_for = Gun control advocacy
| notable_works =
| organization = Never Again MSD
| relatives = Matt Deitsch (brother)
Ryan Deitsch (brother)
}}
Samantha Deitsch (born February 14, 2003) is an American author and gun control activist who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.
Early life
Samantha Deitsch was born on February 14, 2003.{{cite news |last1=Deitsch |first1=Samantha |title=Poem for Parkland: I Can't Feel My Head |url=https://jewishjournal.com/spiritual/poetry/231601/poem-for-parkland-i-cant-feel-my-head/ |accessdate=8 June 2020 |work=Jewish Journal |date=7 March 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Lopez |first1=Julyssa |title=A 15-Year-Old Girl Wrote This Beautiful Poem About Surviving The Parkland Shooting |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/marjory-stoneman-douglas-samantha-deitsch-poem |accessdate=8 June 2020 |work=Glamour |language=en}} 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.{{cite news |title='Every day for me is Feb. 14': A year after mass shooting, Parkland's grief goes on |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/every-day-me-feb-14-year-after-mass-shooting-parkland-n968306 |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=NBC News |language=en}} She was friends with one of the victims, Jaime Guttenberg.{{cite news |title=Parkland siblings Sam, Matt and Ryan Deitsch turned to a life of activism after the shooting |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-ne-ap-parkland-deitsch-siblings-activism-20190213-story.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=Sun Sentinel}} She is the younger sister of film director Matt Deitsch and activist Ryan Deitsch.{{cite news |title=Parkland shooting stirs 3 siblings to lives of activism |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/siblings-bond-march-lives-shooting-61040121 |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=ABC News |language=en}}
Gun control advocacy
After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Deitsch and her older brothers started to embark on gun control advocacy with March For Our Lives.{{cite news |title=3 siblings bond through March For Our Lives after shooting |url=https://wnyt.com/news/3-siblings-bond-through-march-for-our-lives-after-shooting/5244367/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=WNYT NewsChannel 13 |date=13 February 2019 |language=en}} She co-founded the organization and helped contribute to Glimmer of Hope, a book about the activism after the shooting.{{cite web |title=Mission & Story |url=https://marchforourlives.com/mission-story/ |website=March For Our Lives |access-date=13 June 2022 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Glimmer of hope : how tragedy sparked a movement |date=2018 |location=[New York] |isbn=9781984836090}} Prior to her gun control advocacy, Deitsch described herself as not politically active.{{cite news |last1=Livni |first1=Noa |title=MSD students continue to adjust to life two years after deadly shooting |url=https://eagleeye.news/13825/feature/msd-students-continue-to-adjust-to-life-two-years-after-deadly-shooting/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=THE EAGLE EYE}}
Political views
In 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".{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Mackenzie |title=Broward County citizens can now text 911 |url=https://eagleeye.news/10330/news/broward-county-citizens-can-now-text-911/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |work=THE EAGLE EYE}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hJmDwAAQBAJ|title=Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement|last1=Deitsch|first1=Matt|last2=March For Our Lives|publisher=Penguin Young Readers Group|year=2018|isbn=9781984836403|author-mask=with}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter | id=samdeitsch | name=Sam Deitsch}}
{{Stoneman Douglas High School shooting}}
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Category:American gun control activists
Category:American women non-fiction writers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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Category:Jewish American non-fiction writers
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