Amy Schumer, Yara Shahidi, Connie Britton, Olivia Wilde and Mayor Eric Garcetti to speak at March For Our Lives Los Angeles

Today, March For Our Lives Los Angeles announced Amy Schumer, Yara Shahidi, Connie Britton, Olivia Wilde and Skai Jackson, will take to the stage, joining Charlie Puth who will perform, at March For Our Lives in Downtown Los Angeles on March 24. They will join a slate of student speakers and performers including Charlie Puth. Mayor Eric Garcetti will provide introductory remarks.

Scheduled to begin at 9AM, the March is organized in solidarity with the national March For Our Lives taking place in Washington, D.C. on the same date. March for Our Lives is a student-led campaign to demand an end to the epidemic of mass school shootings and to call on lawmakers to prioritize the lives of young people nationwide. The March will convene on the corner of 6th Avenue and Spring Street. Participants will march together to Los Angeles City Hall and Grand Park for a rally, which will bring together the voices of students, teachers, community leaders, and artists to honor the 17 lives tragically claimed in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 and to demand immediate action on gun violence prevention.

"We are witnessing our generation, actively come together, in a global conversation, demanding action from lawmakers to invest in and assure our right to safety," said Yara Shahidi. "I am inspired and motivated to continue to contribute through action, and am honored to be joining March For Our Lives, in Los Angeles this Saturday, to stand in solidarity with my peers from across the country, to demand an end to the gun violence plaguing our schools and our communities, once and for all."

Schumer, Shahidi, Britton, Wilde and Garcetti are among some of the speakers that will share the stage withstudents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National & California Teacher of the Year under President Obama and William LeGate, the 23 year-old entrepreneur who is one of the leaders of the #BoycottNRA movement on Twitter. Additional speakers and performers also include Denver Choir, Lara Downes, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Cappie Pondexter, Bret Lockett, Hasan Piker, Jacob Sartorius, Mason Cook, Meg Donnelly, Sierra Dupri. Trevor Hall will be providing a video of the song "Angel Rays" in honor of the 17 victims.

March For Our Lives Los Angeles also announced a grant from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which will support the student-led initiative. The Broad Foundation, which has dedicated more than $4 billion since its inception to improving the public good in education, science and the arts, joins Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, Women's March Los Angeles Foundation and the Mayor Tom Bradley 100th Anniversary Organization as official partners of March For Our Lives Los Angeles.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

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