{"id":39544,"date":"2018-03-24T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=39544"},"modified":"2018-03-24T23:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:40:11","slug":"sign-of-the-future-march-for-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/sign-of-the-future-march-for-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign of the Future: March for Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My industrious friend Victoria &#8212; who serves on the executive committee of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indivisible-ues.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indivisible resistance chapter<\/a> with me &#8212; made three different signs for today&#8217;s massive anti-gun-violence <a href=\"https:\/\/marchforourlives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Our Lives<\/a>. I got a big kick out of this tribute to Parkland shooting survivor and outspoken activist Emma Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_39545\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39545\" class=\"wp-image-39545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/voteforemma-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read the fine print.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We marched in New York City, so I didn&#8217;t see Emma&#8217;s speech at the Washington, D.C., rally until the evening. If you haven&#8217;t seen it, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emma4Change\/status\/977709613184405504\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch it now<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hDEc4ImIVHk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emma4Change\/status\/977709613184405504\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viewing the clip<\/a>, I texted Victoria.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/textemma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/textemma.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/textemma-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You have to be at least 35 to serve as president and Emma is now 17, so she&#8217;ll be good to go by the 2036 election. Victoria only has to find somewhere to stash the sign for 18 years! Not bad. <\/p>\n<p>Naomi Wadler also spoke in Washington. She&#8217;s 11 now, and I don&#8217;t know when her birthday is. It&#8217;s possible that she&#8217;ll turn 30 in 2036, hitting the minimum age requirement to become a U.S. senator. By then she&#8217;ll have served in the House of Representatives for several years, and will probably be looking for a new challenge.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5ZUDImTIQ8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elitedaily.com\/p\/march-for-our-lives-speakers-are-ready-to-go-the-lineup-is-pretty-epic-8589086\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">speeches in New York<\/a> were also incredible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/record-number-black-women-are-candidates-alabama-n857576\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Change<\/a> is coming!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39547\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indivisible-ues.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/indivisibleuesmembersresize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"392\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/indivisibleuesmembersresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/indivisibleuesmembersresize-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indivisible Upper East Side members. Thanks to Jake Rowland for designing our sign!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My industrious friend Victoria &#8212; who serves on the executive committee of my Indivisible resistance chapter with me &#8212; made three different signs for today&#8217;s massive anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives. I got a big kick out of this tribute to Parkland shooting survivor and outspoken activist Emma Gonz\u00e1lez. 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