Heres who actually attended the March for Our Lives.

[pintobean]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/28/heres-who-actually-attended-the-march-for-our-lives-no-it-wasnt-mostly-young-people/?utm_term=.0c6cbdcb7ac0

It's a very interesting article, and makes comparisons to other marches. I recommend reading the whole piece.

70 percent women
72 percent had a BA or higher
Only about 10 percent of the participants were under 18
The average age of the adults in the crowd was just under 49 years old
About 27 percent never protested before
79 percent identified as “left-leaning”
89 percent reported voting for Hillary Clinton

[BigmanPigman]

1. The Town Halls For Our Lives is April 7th.

Since so many are "older" citizenz then it is up to us to help the younger citizens out! They can't do it alone. They have already begun to live up tho their word and get people to "VOTE THEM OUT"!

The students and communities who support stricter gun legislation are encouraging citizens to call and arrange town halls in your district on April 7th (before they head back to DC). They organized a site with help from Town Hall Project (Town Hall For Our Lives).
These young people are getting people registered to vote and are going through the legislative process for change and on April 7, they’re calling for every member of Congress to hold a town hall.

http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/03/26/what-comes-after-the-march-for-our-lives
“If your local legislator refuses to come for whatever reason, simply invite their opponent,” Hogg told us. “It's as simple as that.”

https://townhallproject.com/
https://townhallproject.com/#about
Town Hall Project empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives. We are campaign veterans and first time volunteers. We come from a diversity of backgrounds and live across the country. We share progressive values and believe strongly in civic engagement. We research every district and state for public events with members of Congress. Then we share our findings to promote participation in the democratic process.

This movement is diverse, open source, and powered by citizens. We are proud to be a part of it.

[Cha]

12. K&R you post!

Thank you, BP!

[BigmanPigman]

17. Spread the word Cha!

[GP6971]

2. We did

in Olympia WA. About 4,500 of us. A lot of school kids, but also a lot of older folks (like us).....we have 6 grandkids in school.

[spanone]

3. my people

[lame54]

4. a good party always has more guest than hosts

[dhol82]

5. My one and only winger, that I still converse with, is crowing about this

He is thrilled to dump on the fact that it was 10% 18 and under.
“See, it wasn’t a children’s march.”

Other than his wing nuttiness he is a perfectly nice person.
Sigh.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Not sure it much matters who marched since it was instigated and inspired by the kids.

The more young people involved the better, of course, especially if they can be convinced to vote.

And it is very telling that the marchers are well educated.

[pamela]

10. So these kids were able to draw a great deal of support...

... from adults who can vote. Not sure why any wing nut would be happy about that. Getting voters to come out and support their cause was the whole point.

[NCTraveler]

11. Tell them they make a great point.

Voters marched.

[dhol82]

15. That is a great point

[WePurrsevere]

6. Considering that only approx 17% of U.S. population is between 5 & 18 yrs...

and young people under 18 often need an adult to help get them to something like this, I'd say 10% is actually pretty good.

[Source for % between 5 - 18yr]

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Good to know.

[uponit7771]

8. K&R, "About 27 percent never protested before "

[DFW]

14. I thought THAT was the most significant statistic listed

People getting involved who have never been involved to that degree before: THAT is what, if the momentum carries through to November, will swing the tide back to us.

[RandiFan1290]

13. Better turnout than your 'million trucker march'

[MineralMan]

16. Parents and Grandparents supporting the kids!

My wife was in Florida on a "girls' spring break" trip. Her sister lives there, and runs a sign business. So, all of them went to the Ft. Meyer's march, with a bunch of professionally made large foam core signs. They handed signs out to kids who didn't have a sign, and participated in the protest there. Average age of the group was 62. Five women, supporting the students and others.



She brought one of the signs home. It's in our front window, where it will stay until something is done. It reads:

Changing Nothing
Solves
Nothing!