New Rochelle High School at National March for Our Lives in Washington, DC

Here's a few photos of the New Rochelle High School contingent at the national March for Our Lives ... via Eric Katz

March 24 >> March for Our Lives

March For Our Lives

On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end this epidemic of mass school shootings. The collective voices of the March For Our Lives movement will be heard. Join us in DC or march in your own community.

• RSVP to March

More info:  https://MarchForOurLives.com/

Sign the Petition to Ban Assault Weapons and High Capacity Magazines, and Require Universal Background Checks:  https://marchforourlivespetition.com/

Sibling Marches:

White Plains
Time: 1 p.m.

Where: Participants will gather at Post Road School (175 West Post Road) and walk to the Martin Luther King Jr. statue by the White Plains Public Library Plaza for speeches and a rally.

Information: To RSVP, click here.

This is a march against gun violence that will begin at Post Road School and end at the MLK Statue (next to White Plains Public Library) for a rally and student speeches. This will be our call to action to leaders in our community. We will be meeting at 1pm on the main fields of Post Road Elementary School (175 West Post Road, White Plains, NY 10605) The march is just short of a mile. The march will end around 2pm at the courtyard behind the White Plains Public Library with a rally and students speakers (100 Martine Ave, White Plains, NY 10601). People who cannot physically walk or may not be able to make it to the march in time are encouraged to join us at the rally.

New City, NY

On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the lawn in front of The Rockland County Courthouse to demand that their lives and safety become a priority, and that we end gun violence in our schools and communities.

Saturday, March 24, 10:00 AM

Rockland County Courthouse
1 South Main Street
New City, NY 10956 

Ardsley
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: Participants will meet at Pascone Park and walk to McDowell Field. Organizers suggest people park at the middle school near Pascone Park. The route will be from Pascone Park down Ashford Avenue toward the American Legion and then loop up to McDowell via Heatherdell Road, according to their Facebook group.
Information: To RSVP, click here. 

New York City
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: Participants are asked to start gathering at 10 a.m. at West 72nd Street and Central Park West. There will be a rally and speakers around 11 a.m. before marching south, according to their Facebook group.
Information: To RSVP, click here.

Ossining
Time: Noon
Where: Participants will meet at Louis Engel Waterfront Park, by the Ossining Metro-North Station, according to their Facebook group.
Information: To RSVP, click here.

Rye Neck
Time: 2 p.m.
Where: Participants will meet at Rye Neck High School and walk to Florence Park, according to their Facebook group.
Information: To RSVP, click here.

Manhattanville March for Our Lives

Manhattanville College

2900 Purchase Street

Purchase, NY 10577

2.7 mi away

When:	Saturday, March 24, 12:00 PM

Not one more. We cannot allow one more child to be shot at school. We cannot allow one more teacher to make a choice to jump in front of a firing assault rifle to save the lives of students. We cannot allow one more family to wait for a call or text that never comes. Our schools are unsafe. Our children and teachers are dying. We must make it our top priority to save these lives. On March 24, students of Manhattanville College will take to the quad to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today.

RSVP

March For Our Lives Hudson Valley

Walkway Over the Hudson

61 Parker Avenue

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

0.8 mi away

When:	Saturday, March 24, 11:00 AM

March For Our Lives was organized by Parkland students following the horrific events in Florida. They are bringing light to a nationwide epidemic. The Hudson Valley has been victim to awful gun violence scares in schools. Come down to the Walkway and show your support for common sense gun legislation!

RSVP

Croton Harmon High School Student "Walkout" 3.14.18

Croton Harmon High School Student "Walkout" 3.14.18

Photo Credit: Andrew Courtney

April 26 NYAGV Westchester Benefit

2018 NYAGV Education Fund Westchester Regional Benefit

Thursday, April 26, 2018 · 6:30 – 9 pm

Mulino’s at Lake Isle, 660 White Plains Rd, Eastchester, NY 10709

Join us in Westchester as we honor area leaders in gun violence prevention at the NYAGV Education Fund’s 2018 Westchester Regional Benefit on Thursday, April 26.

The event, which benefits youth and community education programs to prevent gun violence, will be held at Mulino’s at Lake Isle in Eastchester.

Honorees include: 

      

Amy Paulin                 Jackie Hilly

Amy Paulin, New York State Assembly Member (88th Assembly District), who has sponsored state legislation for the safe storage of firearms, removal of guns from domestic abusers, and other measures.

Jackie Hilly, former Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.

RESERVE Tickets at:  >>  http://nyagv.org/new-westchester-regional-benefit/

 $1500.00 Champion Sponsor--Includes eight tickets and special recognition

 $500.00 Sponsor--Includes three tickets and recognition

 $300.00 Two tickets

 $155.00 Individual ticket

 $145.00 Young Professional/Nonprofit Ticket (Under age 30 or public service/nonprofit organization employee)

 Other I am unable to attend but wish to make a donation to support the NYAGV Education Fund. 

 New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund87 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013 212-679-2345

www.NYAGV.org

Donations are tax deductible to the full amount allowable by law. Your support benefits NYAGV youth and community education programs to prevent gun violence.

PDF Copy of Invitation

Event Poster

Save the date! 2018 Westchester Regional Benefit – April 26

by Virginia Sobol on Feb 21, 2018 • 9:21 AMNo Comments

Amy Paulin

Join us in Westchester as we honor area leaders in gun violence prevention at the NYAGV Education Fund’s 2018 Westchester Regional Benefit on Thursday, April 26.

The event, which benefits youth and community education programs to prevent gun violence, will be held at Mulino’s at Lake Isle in Eastchester.

Honorees include:

• Amy Paulin, New York State Assembly member (88th Assembly District), who has sponsored state legislation for the safe storage of firearms, removal of guns from domestic abusers, and other measures.
• Jackie Hilly, former Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.

Event details: 2018 NYAGV Education Fund Westchester Regional Benefit

Jackie Hilly

• Thursday, April 26, 2018 · 6:30 – 9 pm
• Mulino’s at Lake Isle,  660 White Plains Rd, Eastchester, NY 10709
  

 

Reserve your tickets today! 

Cross posted from New Yorkers Against Gun Violence - www.NYAGV.org

Rally Against Gun Violence. GOP headquarters, White Plains, NY 2.18.18

At least 350 people participating.   Covered by Journal News, Ch. 12 and NBC TV Channel 4.   Photo Credit: Andrew Courtney

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SUNDAY, Feburary 18 >> Protest in White Plains

What's it going to take to get some positive action in the US Congress?  Universal background checks and Assault Weapons Ban now!!   Let the CDC study the evidence of what works to prevent gun violence.

Westchester County Center gun show ban: Now it's a law

The law passed 12-5 in a vote split down party lines

by Mark Lungariello, mlungariel [at] lohud.com Published 8:18 p.m. ET Feb. 5, 2018 | Updated 7:17 a.m. ET Feb. 6, 2018

WHITE PLAINS – Westchester County lawmakers passed a law Monday that bans gun shows on countyowned property, ending a lengthy debate that centered on the Westchester County Center. The ban, which passed in a 12-5 vote, doesn’t apply to gun shows on properties that the county doesn't own. None of the five Republican county legislators voted for the ban.

Legislator Catherine Borgia, an Ossining Democrat, said the ban came out of the thought that county government shouldn't profit from the sale of firearms. She said the law wasn't about contesting legal gun ownership.

It's really about what do we, as a county, promote?" Borgia said. The ban is one of the first high-profile legislative efforts since Democrats took a veto proof supermajority on the Board of Legislators after a blue wave in the 2017 elections.

A similar gun show ban passed the legislature a year ago, but was knocked down by a veto of then-County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican.

Democrats increased their majority on the legislature from nine to 12 in elections last year, and also took the county executive seat. New County Executive George Latimer adopted a no gun show policy on Jan. 2, his second day in office, but making it a law makes the ban permanent.

Legislator Damon Maher, a New Rochelle Democrat who came into office last month, said a gun-show ban was one of the two or three issues that came up most often on the campaign trail last year.

"I think it very basically reflects the values of the great majority of people in my district and throughout the county of Westchester as well," he said.

Gun shows were banned at the Westchester County Center after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, in an executive order under previous County Executive Andy Spano, a Democrat. Astorino lifted that ban when he replaced Spano in 2010, but canceled a scheduled show in 2013 after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012.

When another show was scheduled for January 2017, it sparked the legislature passing a bill to ban the show. That bill passed 9-8, with all Democrats on the legislature at the time voting in favor. Astorino vetoed the bill and the gun show was well attended, according to the former administration.