March for Our Lives San Diego

Join us March 24th, 2018 Waterfront Park, 1600 Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 10:00 AM March For Our Lives SD Program 10:00 AM- Rally at Waterfront Park 10:05 AM- Speeches at Waterfront Park 11:00 AM- March Downtown 12:00 PM- Return to Waterfront Park 1:00 PM- Networking and Voter Registration Please print or download the event program on your phone to have on the day of the march! This program has the list of speakers and performers, the march chants, our march route! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQstbM0T2OQqCg0voTk52yd9oo63agZd/view?usp=sharing Please also remember to have your megaphones ready on the day of in order to amplify our voices and our demands! ----------------- The San Diego community has heard the call from our kids, the survivors of the school shooting in Florida who are calling for a march on Washington and across the country to demand action on gun control. This is the official San Diego March for Our Lives page. Thoughts and prayers are not enough to honor the victims of gun violence. What we need now is action. On March 24, 2018, students will rally in Washington D.C and in local communities across the country to demand action from our leaders. Join us as we support our students in the "March For Our Lives," as we fight for an America that is free from gun violence. March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar. School safety is not a political issue. There cannot be two sides to doing everything in our power to ensure the lives and futures of children who are at risk of dying when they should be learning, playing, and growing. The mission and focus of March For Our Lives is to demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues. No special interest group, no political agenda is more critical than timely passage of legislation to effectively address the gun violence issues that are rampant in our country. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in solidarity as we support the students on this effort. Our demands: We call on all the adults in Congress elected to represent us, to pass legislation that will protect and save children from gun violence. We support the right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, as set forth in the United States Constitution. But with that right comes responsibility. We call on all the adults in Congress elected to represent us, to pass legislation that will protect and save children from gun violence. 1. Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Of the 10 deadliest shootings over the last decade, seven involved the use of assault weapons. No civilian should be able to access these weapons of war, which should be restricted for use by our military and law enforcement only. These guns have no other purpose than to fire as many bullets as possible and indiscriminately kill anything they are pointed at with terrifying speed. 2. Prohibiting the sale of high-capacity magazines such as the ones the shooter at the Parkland shooting—and so many other recent mass shootings used. States that ban high-capacity magazines have half as many shootings involving three or more victims as states that allow them. Limiting the number of bullets a gun can discharge at one time will at least force any shooter to stop and reload, giving children a chance to escape. 3. Closing the loophole in our background check law that allows dangerous people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase firearms to slip through the cracks and buy guns online or at gun shows. 97 percent of Americans support closing the current loopholes in our background check system. When Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks on all handgun sales, they saw a 40 percent reduction in gun homicides. 22 percent of gun sales in this country take place without a background check. That’s millions of guns that could be falling into dangerous hands. A background check should be required on every gun sale, no exceptions. The children of this country can no longer go to school in fear that each day could be their last. Location is County of San Diego Administration Building, Waterfront Park, 1600 Harbor Drive, San Diego This event has been endorsed by: The Wagon Circle - Public Page San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention San Diego County Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence SWANAA-San Diego San Diego Moms Demand Action Women's March San Diego San Diego Action United ACTIVIST SAN DIEGO Together We Will: San Diego San Diego Area Chapter of NOW Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest Allies For Women CAIR San Diego San Diego Unified School District San Diego Unified Board of Education Indivisible San Diego Countywide (sandiegoindivisible.com) Pillars of the Community San Diego Interfaith Justice Coalition