#march for our lives

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Natasha Korecki at NBC News:

David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at his high school in Parkland, Florida, who turned into a national anti-violence activist, has launched a bid to serve in leadership of the Democratic National Committee.  Hogg, 24, announced on Monday he is running to become a vice chair of the DNC, arguing he would focus on winning back young voters who have drifted from the Democratic Party to Republicans. That shift came profoundly, and abruptly, in November, when young voters who predominantly favored President Joe Biden just four years earlier backed Donald Trump in larger numbers than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008, according to NBC News exit polling.

“Moving forward, we must have a renewed focus on our youth outreach in all states and territories to rebuild our coalition after the massive shift to the right among young voters this election,” Hogg said in a statement. Beyond reaching out to young voters, Hogg is urging the party to take a deeper look within itself to assess the setbacks that befell Democrats on Nov. 5. He was critical of some of Kamala Harris' team, among others, saying they took on an almost blasé attitude after the vice president lost, despite warning repeatedly of dangers that Trump would bring to democracy if reelected.

"You raised an absurd amount of money. This was our race to lose, and we lost it. And it's time to really peel back the curtain and say, 'Okay, what did we do wrong?' Instead of just protecting the consultants that brought us into this place in the first place," Hogg said in an interview. Hogg said he is aggressively tackling the race to become DNC vice chair, having already emailed every one of the 448 active members of the DNC who would cast a ballot in the election and rapidly booking follow-up conversations. Hogg expressed outrage over what he described was a lack of awareness by the party in the months before the election. Hogg said that at a brunch during the August Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he asked why the party wasn't doing more to reach out to young men. "I got messages from different consultants saying, 'Here you go, saying this stupid stuff again.' As if they know what young people are thinking, when it's emblematic of the broader problem at hand for the Democratic Party, where we would rather choose to live in a consultant-curated fictional reality," Hogg said.

[...] Hogg's announcement is the latest in recent activity around new DNC leadership, since current DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced he was stepping down. The party itself is reeling after losing the White House to Trump despite outspending him and boasting of superior organizational strength in the weeks leading up to the election.

David Hogg, who was brought into the spotlight in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, will launch a bid for the DNC Vice-Chair.

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

3 Democratic state lawmakers in Tennessee joined thousands of young people protesting at the state capitol building, demanding gun safety.

Republican House leadership has decided to hold a vote to EXPEL these Representatives for standing with kids fighting for their lives.

(Art by Mikhaila Markham)

[american-joy-92-percent]

VOTE 💙🇺🇸 VOTE 💙🇺🇸 VOTE 💙🇺🇸

USA: How to register to vote:

https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote

USA: Check to see if you are registered to vote: https://vote.gov/

Voter Registration deadlines are here:

https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines/

Ohio Voters: Check Your Registration:

https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx

Vote BLUE the whole ballot through.

[tendie-defender]

Oh look gun control people are buying guns to kill people to try and get more gun control.

[mylionheart2]

[ryanbrumfield]

[womeninfictionandirl]

Emma Gonzalez by Allison Adams

“When we've had our say with the government — and maybe the adults have gotten used to saying 'it is what it is,' but if us students have learned anything, it's that if you don't study, you will fail. And in this case if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it's time to start doing something.”

Emma Gonzalez (born 1999) was a student who survived a mass shooting at her high school in Parkland, Florida last year and became an outspoken activist and advocate for gun control, protesting the lack of action by politicians funded by the NRA and organizing the March for Our Lives, which inspired high school students all over the country to show their support and speak their voices into a system that very much affects them.

[terrytheboxwithlimbs]

Did you know when AI isn't used to steal other people's art or make propaganda it can be a useful tool?

March For Our Lives made this website - with the PERMISSION of the parents of the deceased - where you can send a message demanding gun reform FROM victims of gun violence with THEIR voices to your elected representatives.

I think this is a really impactful way to get our message across to the people who need to hear it. Maybe this will make them listen to us, god knows what will unfortunately.

[sinking-in-stars]

there’s just something about living in america and thinking you’ll be free from mass shootings once you graduate high school only to realize you’re always at a risk no matter what stage of life

[geezerwench]

Uvalde in Their Own Words: Victim's sister vows to 'not back down' - ABC News

[christopherflowers]

I’m excited to be singing in this concert on June 4 to benefit March For Our Lives, working to end gun violence.

[topopico]

i remember the day i was almost killed like it was yesterday, only if yesterday was a blurry soup of voices and light flashes and yelling and the moment of running out into freedom amazed that you even made it out at all. calling your mom while on the verge of tears telling her you loved her, doing the same with your dad, doing the same for your brother, turning to a stranger next to you and hugging them.

18 year olds should not be able to purchase guns.

guns should not be in the hands of someone who wants to kill others and themselves by any means possible.

the boy who almost killed me and others is locked up, put away, but he will never know the fear of sitting there, in the back room of a retail store, hugging the teenage employee next to you as she whispers “i haven’t even lived yet” the boy who almost killed me wont know what it was like to have the manager of the employee tell me i couldn’t cry, i couldn’t cry because what if the boy heard? what if he knew he would take four lives and his own if he decided to detonate the bomb strapped to his chest? so be quiet, be quiet so we can live. the boy who almost killed me wont know how i turned to the teenage employee next to me, who had initially pulled me into that back room, and told her every regret i had in my life, everything i loved, all of my mistakes, because i didn’t want to die knowing no one knew them.

i was 14, and ready to die.

the boy was 18, and ready to kill.

and because he had a gun, law enforcement took hours to show up.

this is our reality, this is the product of conditioning children to be ready to die, this is our new way of life.

i am now terrified of the dark, i am terrified of fireworks, i am terrified of bright lights. i am terrified of things i used to love.

stop allowing the destruction of innocence in our youth.

[american-joy-92-percent]

Remix of the year!!

That Black job at the Oval Office as President and Commander in chief waiting!

[tendie-defender]

Anti gunners take another L.

You can now carry a firearm in over 50% of the states without asking permission.

[mylionheart2]

"All too often, the most corrupt and powerful people grow so accustomed to life with impunity that standard accountability feels to them like unjust persecution."  — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[ethanslaterupdates]

Ethan Slater at Broadway Fights Back With March For Our Lives benefit (October 22, 2018)

(See more pics of Ethan 📸)