Lane Murdock

Lane Maxine Murdock (born 3 April 2002) is an activist and founder of The National School Walkout.

Early life and education Lane Murdock was born in 2002 in Texas. When she was four years old she moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut. She attended Ridgefield High School.

National School Walkout conception After the shooting in Parkland, Murdock created a petition on change.org asking people to protest the lack of responses that follow school shootings in America by participating in a walkout. The petition accumulated over 270,000 signatures. Murdock and fellow RHS students then set about organizing their nationwide walk-out with Indivisible. National School Walkout scheduled the nationwide walkout to take place on April 20, as it marked the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High school shooting.