March for Our Lives Rhode Island – photos
Well over 5000 people crowded the south lawn of the Rhode Island State House for the March for Our Lives rally. Sister events were held in more than 840 places around the world, the main event being in Washington DC. Inspired by the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and the amazing activism of the
March 25, 2018, 12:36 am
By Steve Ahlquist
Well over 5000 people crowded the south lawn of the Rhode Island State House for the March for Our Lives rally. Sister events were held in more than 840 places around the world, the main event being in Washington DC. Inspired by the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and the amazing activism of the student survivors there, a new wave of young people are calling for stricter gun laws and a renewed commitment to gun safety in the United States.
These events were “inspired by, created 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 far too familiar.”
Below are photos from the the event.
See also: March for Our Lives Rhode Island – video
United States Representative David Cicilline (Democrat, Rhode Island)
Nina Gregg, a sophomore in the Rhode Island School of Design and an alumnus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Debbie Flitman
Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence)
Victoria Richard, 15 years old, Smithfield High School
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Fall River student Virginia Nault
Sophia Capalbo and Jennifer Boylan
Silas Gibbins, freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea (Democrat)
Mary Pendergast
Nancy Harris, left
Sophia Capalbo, a senior at Johnson & Wales University and event organizer
Sheldon Whitehouse and David Cicilline
Tyler Alexander, a junior at Coventry High School
Halima Ibrahim, a 10th grader at the Islamic School of Rhode Island
Halima Ibrahim, a 10th grader at the Islamic School of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island)
Devyn Hetu, a junior at Westerly High School.
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