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奥别诲苍别蝉诲补测鈥檚 to highlight gun violence played out in over 2,500 high schools and colleges around the country. But more demonstrations will follow as winter turns to spring. The one grabbing the most headlines, the , is expected to draw legions of K-12 students to Washington, D.C. on March 24.

It鈥檚 also attracted a supporter with deep pockets.

Everytown for Gun Safety, America鈥檚 most prominent gun control advocacy group, has committed $2.5 million in grants to underwrite 500 鈥渟ibling marches鈥� to echo the D.C. event in communities in every state and around the world. The grants of $5,000 will help defray the costs of transportation, permitting, and equipment rentals, .

When the march was announced February鈥檚 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, shooting survivor Cameron Kasky said that students would show up 鈥渋n every city鈥� to protest government inaction on gun control priorities. Over 700 smaller-scale demonstrations have since been scheduled 鈥� some as far off as India and the Philippines 鈥� to coincide with the main march, which will culminate directly in front of the Trump International Hotel on Washington鈥檚 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The event鈥檚 include banning the sale of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines and closing the so-called 鈥済un show loophole鈥� that has allowed criminals to purchase firearms without background checks. Its student organizers have won the backing of celebrities like George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, each of whom .

The March for Our Lives has found its most natural and potent ally in Everytown, which is principally financed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The group鈥檚 influence was felt most recently in last fall鈥檚 statewide elections in Virginia, where to Democratic candidates. Around the same time, Bloomberg pledged to every outside donation Everytown received.

That has turned out to be an expensive proposition over the last few weeks, as cash into the organization鈥檚 coffers in the wake of the Parkland shooting. The Everytown website is also selling specialty merchandise to commemorate the march. (T-shirts in most sizes.)

In the group鈥檚 statement, President John Feinblatt underscored Everytown鈥檚 support for the protesters.

鈥淪tudents are making history and demanding that our elected officials protect them,鈥� Feinblatt said. 鈥淓verytown is proud to help them make their voices heard on March 24, and we look forward to more Americans following their lead to forge meaningful change to our country鈥檚 gun laws.鈥�

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