MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
On March 24, protesters across the country mobilized to demand common sense gun reform, and support gun violence survivors. NYC Says Enough board members Grace Goldstein (me!) and Rebecca Fair-weather, and Stuyvesant Says Enough members Maya Angles, Eve Wening, and Debi Saha, were invited to attend the main #MarchForOurLives march on Washington, with Seventeen Magazine. Other NYC Says Enough members joined the DC and NYC marches.
The March For Our Lives on Washington was extraordinary. Teenage (and even child) speakers from various communities that experience gun violence held their massive audience in captive attention and wonder for hours. School shooting victims' speeches drew tears from many. When Emma González spent the last few minutes of her speech in silence, waiting for the signal that it has been 6 minutes and 20 seconds since she walked on stage (the amount of time it took for 17 students and teachers to lose their lives at her school in Parkland, Florida), the sea of people were stunningly silent. The power, hope, greed, joy, camaraderie, and revolutionary spirit in the air was palpable. It was a reminder of how big this movement is, and how profound and necessary our goals are.
- Grace
NYCSE and SSE board Seventeen Mag's bus of teenage activists, and head off (at 5 in the morning) to DC!
NYCSE marches on Washington:
Tali Natter speaking and marching in NYC:
Sonia Chajet Wides marching!
The March For Our Lives on Washington was extraordinary. Teenage (and even child) speakers from various communities that experience gun violence held their massive audience in captive attention and wonder for hours. School shooting victims' speeches drew tears from many. When Emma González spent the last few minutes of her speech in silence, waiting for the signal that it has been 6 minutes and 20 seconds since she walked on stage (the amount of time it took for 17 students and teachers to lose their lives at her school in Parkland, Florida), the sea of people were stunningly silent. The power, hope, greed, joy, camaraderie, and revolutionary spirit in the air was palpable. It was a reminder of how big this movement is, and how profound and necessary our goals are.
- Grace
NYCSE and SSE board Seventeen Mag's bus of teenage activists, and head off (at 5 in the morning) to DC!
NYCSE marches on Washington:
Here's what the NYCSE board members were doing at the #MarchForOurLives:
Grace and Rebecca in DC with Seventeen:
Arielle Geismar saying #EnoughIsEnough in DC:
Tali Natter speaking and marching in NYC:
Sonia Chajet Wides marching!
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