‘March for Our Lives’ dominates weekend

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March 25, 2018 - 11:00 PM

School shooting survivors and family members stand on stage during March for Our Lives to demand stricter gun control laws Saturday in Washington, D.C. ABACA PRESS/OLIVIER DOULIERY/TNS

Charlie Goodman looked at the massive crowd around him, the largest youth-led protest in Washington since the Vietnam War era. He listened to people speak about toughening gun laws. They included some of his peers at the Florida high school who’ve sparked this movement, as well as the 9-year-old granddaughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King.

When she spoke, he was moved to tears.

“This is truly a revolution,” said Goodman, a sophomore at Marjory Stone-man Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were gunned down last month. “We can really change the world.”

The marches unified hundreds of thousands of people in cities across the country and have galvanized this movement, he and others say. Now they are vowing to get young voters registered and send a message in upcoming elections.

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