March for our Lives protests planned for Saturday in Dallas, Fort Worth, other cities

Protesters will take to the road in Dallas and a whole bunch of cities nationwide this weekend to name for an finish to gun violence in the wake of the Uvalde college capturing.

The March for Our Lives is one among over 300 planned for Saturday all over the world in response to mass shootings, together with the bloodbath in Uvalde that claimed the lives of 19 elementary college college students and two lecturers. The March for our Lives is a youth-led group that advocates for gun management and was shaped after the Parkland, Fla., college capturing.

Marches are additionally planned in Fort Worth, Frisco and Rockwall, in keeping with the March for Our Lives Website.

The flagship demonstration will happen in Washington on Saturday. Organizers have requested house for as much as 100,000 demonstrators, Axios reported.

James Thompson, state director of March for our Lives Texas, stated he expects over 800 individuals to prove in Dallas.

The occasion begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dealey Plaza, the place demonstrators will then march to Dallas City Hall, with speeches starting at 12:15 p.m. The lineup of audio system contains pupil organizers Naz Soya and Karter Stanton, Dallas ISD Trustee Maxie Johnson, and representatives from activist teams Gays Against Guns and Moms Demand Action, in addition to survivors of gun violence and educators.

The march is being organized by 17 and 18-year-old college students, Thompson stated.

March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington and nationwide in 2018, the 12 months it was based, drew an estimated 1.4 million to 2.2 million contributors, per a Washington Post evaluation.

March for Our Lives founder David Hogg was in Dallas final week, protesting outdoors of Sen. John Cornyn’s workplace.