Students, Survivors, Activists

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 22, 2018

Samantha Fuentes and Cameron Kasky, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and two of the recipients of this year's PEN America Freedom of Expression Courage Award are joined by Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, to talk about their work against gun violence.

→EVENT: The PEN America Literary Gala is tonight, May 22, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York (Sold out).

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