Our Mission

Born out of a tragic school shooting, March For Our Lives is a courageous youth-led movement dedicated to promoting civic engagement, education, and direct action by youth to eliminate the epidemic of gun violence.

We aim to create safe and healthy communities and livelihoods where gun violence is obsolete.

Our Story: Not One More.

In the days after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, we knew we had to make sure that what happened to our community never happens again.

We cannot allow one more person to be killed by senseless gun violence. We cannot allow one more person to experience the pain of losing a loved one. We cannot allow one more family to wait for a call or a text that never comes. We cannot allow the normalization of gun violence to continue. We must create a safe and compassionate nation for all of us.

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Gun Violence Deaths in America in 2023 alone

We demand bold action to end the

Gun Violence Epidemic.

Read "It Ends With Us", Our Policy Priorities

After the shooting on February 14, we organized the largest single day of protest against gun violence in history. Millions came together to protest our political leaders’ inaction.

Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the 1960s, we toured the country on the Road To Change. Along the way, we registered over 50,000 new voters.

We also met with family members, community leaders, and survivors of gun violence across the country. This allowed us to expand our understanding of gun violence and how it affects each community differently. We’ll never forget each story we heard and each ally we made in this fight for justice.

For Mayors For Our Lives, we held voter registration events with 200+ mayors, helping register 800,000 people on National Voter Registration Day — an all-time record.

We spurred a historic youth turnout in the 2018 midterm elections, with a 47% increase over the last midterm election and the highest percentage of youth voter turnout ever. Voters made it clear that the status quo was no longer acceptable — a record 46 NRA-backed candidates lost their elections that November.

Policy Agenda

It will take all of us advocating for sensible gun violence prevention reforms to make it happen. Educate yourself on the policies.

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Our Chapters

We have hundreds of chapters around the country led by students who enact change on the local level. Whether organizing a walkout at a high school, lobbying for better safety measures on campus, writing statewide legislation, or showing up at school board and city council meetings, our chapters make change.

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Our Founders

March For Our Lives was created out of tragedy. These founders created this organization in the days following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018.

Sofie Whitney
Sarah Chadwick
Sam Deitsch
Ryan Servaites
Ryan Deitsch
Matt Deitsch
Lauren Hogg
Kirsten McConnell
Kevin Trejos

Kaylyn Pipitone
John Barnitt
Daniel Williams
David Hogg
Delaney Tarr
Diego Pfeiffer
Dylan Baierlein
X González
Jackie Corin
Jammal Lemy

Brendan Duff
Alfonso Calderon
Bradley Thornton
Adam Alhanti
Cameron Kasky
Alex Wind
Charlie Mirsky
Chris Grady
Daniel Duff

This movement is more than a single election.

We’re building out our local and state grassroots power. We’re lobbying Congress to close loopholes and pass common-sense legislation to save lives. We will not stop until we see the change we demand. We’re going to end the gun violence epidemic in America.

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