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The day before the march, an event was held outside City Hall with state House Speaker and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek calling for gun violence prevention in Oregon. [561] Advocates in attendance included state Rep. Lisa Reynolds and Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty, [562] who later participated in Saturday's march. [563] Bend ...
The official March for Our Lives event in Washington, D.C., attracted a turnout of between 200,000 [1] to 800,000 on March 24, 2018. This is a partial list. This is a partial list. Overall turnout was estimated to be between 1.2 and 2 million people in the United States, making it one of the largest protests in American history .
The South Texas State Fair traces its roots to the first confirmable fair in Beaumont, held in 1907. With the exception of cancellations in 1917–18, 1942–45, 2005, 2008 & 2020 because of World War I, World War II, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Ike & COVID-19 pandemic respectively, the fair has continued every year since.
The March For Our Lives movement employs Facebook as another social media platform to spread awareness of its campaigns and messages to people around the world. As of March 5, 2019, nineteen days before the one year anniversary of the protests, the MFOL Facebook page had garnered more than 300,000 followers. [128]
Aug. 7—AUSTIN — September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and 16 Texas State Parks will be hosting hikes to shed light on this issue, which affects many veterans and their loved ones.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
Rainy weather on Saturday, October 2 forced a rescheduling of one event at the Alaska State Capitol [37] and cancellation of another at The Whale Project on Harris Harbor Way; [38] a handful of people showed up at both locations anyway. On Monday, October 4, an official rally of 100 took place at Court Plaza near the William H. Seward statue.