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Live updates on the March for Our Lives from Parkland and Washington
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article206680979.html#storylink=cpy There are more than 840 rallies scheduled across the world today — from Miami Beach to Japan — under one common theme: curbing gun violence, especially in schools.
The March for Our Lives was inspired by a call to action spearheaded by a group of Parkland, Florida, teenagers after a gunman killed 14 of their classmates and three faculty members on Valentine’s Day, gun-control activists — a large chunk of whom are students — have scheduled rallies and marches in all 50 U.S. states and on six continents. The more recognizable student leaders from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of last month’s mass shooting, will be in Washington, D.C., where nearly 1 million protesters are expected to march along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Dozens of sister rallies and marches will take place across Florida, the largest of which is expected just up the street from Stoneman Douglas. In South Florida, marches have been scheduled from West Palm Beach to Doral. To see if your city is hosting a march, visit
https://marchforourlives.com.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article206680979.html#storylink=cpy11:25 a.m., Across the U.S.: Thousands gather; The White House issues statement
The Associated Press estimates 20,000 people have gathered in Parkland for the March for Our Lives. Several thousand more are marching in cities across the U.S. are demonstrating.
In Phoenix, students Jordan Harb of Mountain View High School in Mesa and Samantha Lekberg of Willow Canyon High School in Surprise issued statements in advance of the rally that they and others plan Saturday at the state Capitol.
Harb says “it’s time to save our children and our country’s future,” while Lekberg says the event isn’t political driven but is a statement from the country’s youth “that the killing must end.”
In Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner has told several thousand people demonstrating for stricter gun control that adults have a responsibility to stand up and protect all children.
Turner spoke Saturday morning at a rally at Tranquillity Park as part of the nationwide “March for Our Lives” following deadly gunfire last month at a school in Parkland, Florida.
Turner chanted with the crowd “Now is the time” to “Do the right thing.”
As demonstrations began across the country, the White House released a statement late Saturday morning praising the young people who were marching.
“We applaud the many courageous young Americans exercising their First Amendment rights today,” White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said in the statement. “Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the President’s.”
— Associated Press
11 a.m., Miami Beach: “Today is the day we take on the establishment.”
Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvahlo incited cheers from the crowd gathered in Collins Park when he called for an end to gun violence with pointed words for gun rights advocates.
“Today is the day we take on the establishment!” he yelled. “Today is the day we take on the gun lobby and stand for kids!”
Shortly after, Bob Marley’s grandson, Jo Mersa Marley, took the stage to perform “Get Up, Stand Up.”
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