This Saturday, students and residents across the city will rally in the March For Our Lives, a show of solidarity with survivors and victims of gun violence.
The march, initiated by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High who survived a shooting Feb. 14 at their Parkland, Fla. school, has gained worldwide momentum and is expected to draw crowds similar to the WomenB次元官网网址檚 March in January.
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Founder and co-president of the YPC, Magritte Gordaneer, said the goal is to make sure no more lives are lost to gun violence in the U.S., or anywhere else.
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Also Saturday, a student-led demonstration will take to the streets of Washington, D.C. in a stand against what they call the inaction of politicians and lawmakers to end the epidemic of mass school shootings. Part of the #NeverAgain campaign, sister marches are planned in cities across North America.
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On Feb. 14, when students fled an active shooter in the halls of their Parkland high school, it was already the eighth school shooting in the first month and a half of 2018. Since then, at least nine more have occurred; on average, a shooting takes place every week and a half in America.
B次元官网网址淲e care about the students who fear for their lives when they go to school,B次元官网网址� said Gordaneer, who with the Youth Political Commons will welcome speakers and guests including the Raging Grannies.
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