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(Note: this is the next of our Giving Tuesday emails you’ll receive today from
our staff, sharing their personal stories and reflections about our movement to
create a better, safer future for the generations to come.)

Hi John,

I’ll never forget standing with my family at the first-ever March for Our
Lives rally in Washington, D.C., back in 2018. We had traveled from Coral
Springs—my hometown, just minutes from Parkland—to be there together. The
night before, we crowded around the coffee table in our hotel room, making
posters, planning our layers of clothes in anticipation of the cold, and
trying to find the right words to capture what we were feeling.

The morning of the march, the air was sharp and windy, the trees were
bare, and I remember shivering as we walked toward the crowd. But I also
remember a feeling so much stronger than the cold: the overwhelming sense
that we were part of something historic, something necessary, something
that mattered.

Growing up in South Florida, the Parkland shooting wasn’t just a
headline—it was a tragedy that hit painfully close to home. In the months
that followed, while I was graduating high school and going to college, I
found myself stepping into youth organizing because it was the only thing
that made sense. It was the only thing that helped me believe change was
possible.

That journey took me from organizing in my community to moving to
Washington, D.C. for undergrad and grad school, where I continued to fight
for gun violence prevention, working as both an organizer and a fundraiser
for national gun violence prevention.

I, like many of my peers, carry that march in 2018 with me every step of
the way. That’s why working at March for Our Lives is more than just a
job—it’s a return to where my activism began.

As a Coral Springs native, as someone who was shaped by that moment in
2018, and as someone who still remembers standing shoulder to shoulder
with my parents and my sibling on the Washington monument, this work feels
deeply personal.

And on this Giving Tuesday, I’m reminded once again that this movement has
always been powered by people—people who show up, speak out, and believe
that together, we can build a safer future.

[ [link removed] ]After hearing our stories, we hope you will join us in shaping the next
chapter of history.

In gratitude,

Maria

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