Sam Deitsch
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) |
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
[edit | edit source]Samantha 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
[edit | edit source]After 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
[edit | edit source]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".[10]
Bibliography
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References
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External links
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- Living people
- 2003 births
- American gun control activists
- American women non-fiction writers
- American organization founders
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Writers from Broward County, Florida
- American child activists
- People from Parkland, Florida
- Parkland high school shooting activists
- 21st-century American women