1 Mission. 300 Chapters. Youth-led.
We’re March For Our Lives, the generation that will end gun violence in America. We started in Parkland, Florida and went on to organize the single largest protest in gun violence history with a historic march on Washington, D.C., joined by 800 sibling marches around the world. Since that day, we have crisscrossed the country, connecting with activists in every state along the way, and are now 300 chapters strong.
We’re youth-led. We fight against all forms of gun violence. And we’re not afraid to call B.S.
Join our team! We’re hiring!
Meet Our Executive Director
Dr. Lamia El-Sadek is an experienced strategist, financial executive, international activist and movement leader, with a background in Corporate Business Development and Finance, and a passion for human rights. Dr. El-Sadek’s humanitarian work has taken her throughout Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and Europe on issues ranging from economic development, forcibly displaced & refugee rights, gender equity and youth empowerment.
Meet Our Staff
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor” – Desmond Tutu
“There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.” -Stokely Carmichael
“And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through” – David Bowie
“The power of the people is stronger than the people in power”
El que se cansa, pierde
Reform makes America survivable for SOME, transformation allows us ALL to thrive.
We’re the daughters of the witches you didn’t burn
“We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
No justice, no peace!
Take Naps, Stay Woke
“This is not a moment, it’s a movement.
Our Board
Protect children, not guns!
revolutionize, damn!
War is not healthy for children and other living things
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” – James Baldwin
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE
POVERTY IS VIOLENCE
We shall overcome!
Love thy neighbor (no exceptions)
If you don’t like how we MARCH, wait ’til you see how we VOTE!
What We Do
137 LAWS
to prevent gun violence have passed since the shooting in Parkland, Florida.
AUG. 2019
We released A Peace Plan For A Safer America, the first-of-its-kind bold agenda for ending gun violence in America.
OCT. 2019
Assembly Bills 59 and 963, legislation written by MFOL California, were signed into law to help strengthen civic engagement on college campuses.
Youth Congress
Our Youth Congress is a group of exceptional students and activists from around the country who help lead this nationwide movement. Congress Members collectively advise on our strategy and direction, ensuring March For Our Lives will always be youth-led. Youth Congress Members lead dedicated committees to address advocacy, ARTivism, and social media, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.
“It Ain’t Start With Us But It Will End With Us”
I fight to give my people a voice
Love First
“Activism is my rent for living on this planet” – Alice Walker
This is what democracy looks like!
¡Viva la Huelga!
The system isn’t broken, it was built this way.
We keep us safe.
Black liberation is the liberation of all people.
“Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado.”
Fully armed with words of truth and equity.
we’re fighting for hope and a thousand tomorrows
Dissent is patriotic
The students have become the teachers
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that
It’s also about Khobi.
Denali.
Nathan.
Dameon.
Haidya.
Trayvon.
It’s even about the murder of Emmit Till in 1955.
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power
BLACK LIVES MATTER