Metro Detroit students to March For Our Lives tomorrow to protest gun violence

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Columbine, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Oxford and Robb Elementary are only a few names among the many a whole lot of the nation’s faculties who at the moment are synonymous with tragic college shootings.

In response to the rise in gun violence that continues to plague the nation, together with sluggish legislative and faculty district response, college students from communities all through metro Detroit will make their voices heard Saturday as they be a part of collectively in protest at rallies organized by March for Our Lives.

The scholar-led effort, “born out of a tragic college capturing,” March For Our Lives is “devoted to selling civic engagement, schooling, and direct motion by youth to eradicate the epidemic of gun violence.”

Via the work of the group, college students hope to create secure, wholesome communities and faculties the place gun violence is out of date.

To assist native college students as they March For Our Lives, click on on the checklist beneath to donate or signal as much as take part in tomorrow’s rallies.

March for Our Lives Detroit, MI
June 11, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Detroit Cities Riverfront, 1340 Atwater St, Detroit, MI 48207

March For Our Lives Wayne-Washtenaw County, MI
June 11, 2022 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Diag, 913 S College Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

March For Our Lives
June 11, 2022 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Nardin Park United Methodist Church, 33752 Ramble Hills Dr, Farmington Hills, MI 48331

March For Our Lives Waterford, MI
June 11, 2022 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Civic Heart Pond, 5200 Civic Heart Dr, Waterford, MI 48329

March For Our Lives Lansing, MI
June 11, 2022 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Michigan State Capitol, 100 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933

March For Our Lives Oxford, MI
June 11, 2022 9:30 am- 1:00 pm
Centennial Park, 25 S Washington St, Oxford, MI 48371