March For Our Lives In Asbury Park Saturday

Families, students, and concerned citizens of the region will converge on Asbury Park on Saturday for a sister march of the “March For Our Lives” event taking place in Washington, D.C. The local march begins at 12 noon at Library Square Park on Grand, between Asbury and 1st Avenue.

The non-partisan march is calling for a gun control bill targeted at ending school shootings. Marches are planned for most major cities, similar to how the Women's March was set up, and is spearheaded by five Florida students survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day. Seventeen people were killed in that shooting.

Photo: Parkland, Florida - Feb. 17: Juliana Cruz joins with others as they protest against guns on February 17, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Earlier this week former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire with a AR-15 rifle at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killing 17 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)