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Jaclyn Corin (born October 27, 2000) is an American
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against
gun violence Gun-related violence is violence against a person committed with the use of a firearm to inflict a gunshot wound. Gun violence may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal violence includes homicide (except when and where ruled justifiable ...
and the current Executive Director of
March for Our Lives March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation. The first demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout ...
as of March 2025. She survived the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, part of the Miami metropolitan area, Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 18 ot ...
in 2018. She is one of the co-founders of
March for Our Lives March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation. The first demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout ...
and the organizer of a student protest to
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. She has also been a vocal critic of politicians funded by the National Rifle Association. Corin was included in ''Time'' magazine's ''100 Most Influential People of 2018.''


Education and shooting

As a student attending the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a State school, public Secondary school, high school in Parkland, Florida, United States. Established in 1990 as part of the Broward County Public Schools district and named after the writer Marjory Stonem ...
, Jaclyn Corin was the junior class president at the time of the deadly shooting in 2018. Her close friends Joaquin Oliver and Jaime Guttenberg were killed in the shooting; she had once tutored the 19-year-old alleged gunman and former student of the school,
Nikolas Cruz Nikolas Jacob Cruz (born September 24, 1998) is an American mass murderer who perpetrated the Parkland high school shooting, where he shot and killed fourteen students and three staff members while injuring seventeen others on February 14, 2018 ...
. During the shooting, Corin was locked in a room with other classmates for several hours, emerging with hands up as instructed by the police
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units.


Advocacy

Corin met with fellow students at Stoneman Douglas, including
David Hogg David Miles Hogg (born April 12, 2000) is an American gun violence in the United States, gun control activist who served as a co-vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from February to June 2025. He rose to prominence during the 2018 ...
,
X González X González (born Emma González; November 11, 1999) is an American activist and advocate for gun politics in the United States, gun control. In 2018, they survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the list of school shootings in the ...
, Cameron Kasky, and
Alex Wind Alexander Blake Wind (born January 30, 2001) is an American student activist against gun violence. A survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and a founding member of the Never Again MSD movement, he is a critic of politicians who ...
at Kasky's house; they formed the Never Again MSD movement during these meetings. At first it was a small core group of students, but subsequent meetings came to about twenty students. She explained that their media strategy was to knock through the gun-safety defeatism, reframe the debate, and keep making noise with powerful demonstrations. They acted quickly to take advantage of the news coverage. Corin was a key organizer of the bus trip protest to the Florida state capital on February 20, six days after the shooting. A report in '' Vanity Fair'' suggested it was her idea to have the bus trip soon after the shooting because it was alive in the news cycle; she said "the news forgets -- very quickly -- we needed a critical mass event." Working with fellow students-turned-activists Cameron Kasky and
David Hogg David Miles Hogg (born April 12, 2000) is an American gun violence in the United States, gun control activist who served as a co-vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from February to June 2025. He rose to prominence during the 2018 ...
, she recruited several hundred MSD students to make an eight-hour bus trip to
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as part of a "lightning strike". She helped engineer the behind-the-scenes logistics including transportation, chaperone and sleeping arrangements, scheduling meetings with Florida lawmakers and getting permission slips from parents. She demanded the group wear normal school attire and not quibble about bus seating; when some asked for changes to sit with friends, she said "No -- get on your bus." The trip was organized largely by social media and texting. Corin was a key planner of the
March for Our Lives March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation. The first demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout ...
nationwide student protest that occurred on March 24. She advocates that adults register to vote and vote, and that children pre-register. She discussed media coverage: Corin has made YouTube videos; one called "WhatIf" got 1.4 million views in three days. She has appeared on national television. In anticipation of the March for Our Lives, she appeared on the March 21 episode of the
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, along with Gonzalez and
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. She spoke at a rally in
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on March 29. She, Gonzalez, Hogg, Kasky and Alex Wind are pictured on the third week of March's ''
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'' cover.Associated Press, March 22, 2018, Houston Public Media
Parkland Students On Cover Of Time Magazine
Retrieved March 22, 2018, Note: cover third week March 2018; "... The cover features Marjory Stoneman Douglas students Jaclyn Corin, Alex Wind, Emma Gonzalez, Cameron Kasky and David Hogg,. ... "
Corin criticized the NRA and gun manufacturers for touting the Ideal Conceal, a handgun that folds up to resemble a smart phone.Newsweek magazine, Maria Perez, May 1, 2018
PARKLAND STUDENT SLAMS NRA FOR PROMOTING GUN THAT LOOKS LIKE CELL PHONE ON WEBSITE
Retrieved May 5, 2018
She faulted the NRA for "enforcing the normality of shooting other people"; further, she argued that police, confronting people including persons of color with smart phones, might believe that their phones were weapons, and shoot them accidentally.


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