NATIONWIDE — The school environment hasn't been the same since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Even though over a month has passed, students and faculty nationwide are not done making their voices heard.

Students nationwide are getting ready to take part in the "March for our Lives" this weekend to call for safer schools and stricter gun control, but they're not waiting around until tomorrow.

Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland organized Saturday's march, and those participating in will take to the streets of Washington D.C. "to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end this epidemic of mass school shootings," the organizers' website says. 

More than 800 “sibling marches” are also planned worldwide.

Many schools in this area have been staging walkouts since the Parkland shooting. In fact, several are planning to do that today, including here at Texas State University.

Students and staff will be walking out in the middle of the school day in memory of those who died at Stoneman Douglas High School last month.

They're meeting at the Free Speech Stallions statue and marching towards the Hays County Courthouse.

Just a few miles north, Wimberley ISD students are also planning to walk out.One student we spoke to said she refuses to stay silent until she sees change.

"I think it's terrible that the place that we're supposed to be learning and creating ourselves as future adults is ultimately the most fatal for us," said Gabi Perez.

Several schools in Austin have been staging walkouts all month. According to Austin ISD, students have the right to express themselves, but will still be counted absent for classes they miss.

Hundreds of universities, including several in Texas, have expressed that participating in these walkouts won't jeopardize students' chances on attending their school.

Teenage activists are also preparing for a National School Walkout on April 20 — the anniversary of the Columbine high school shooting.