As a Gen Z activist and organizer with March for Our Lives, I’ve been working around the clock to make sure my generation is the last to grow up doing active shooter drills. Will you join me and BAWN in the fight against gun violence? >>

I was just seven years old when I experienced my first mass shooting drill.

I remember hearing “BANG BANG BANG” as a school officer pounded on my classroom door, trying to get inside.

My legs shook and my heart beat so loudly that I could feel the vibrations throughout my body.

I knew it was fake, but the trauma of that shooting drill was real.

My generation -- Generation Z -- has grown up under the constant threat of gun violence, learning our multiplication tables alongside how to barricade our classroom doors.

Last year, that reality was made all too real after a vicious gunman with an assault weapon stole the lives of 7 and injured 48 more in my community of Highland Park, Illinois.

So believe me when I say: Young people are sick and tired of thoughts and prayers.

That’s why I’m proud to support BAWN. They’re on the frontlines fighting to end these ruthless tragedies, ban assault weapons, and ensure that no one else has to grow up under the constant threat of gun violence. But they need your support too. If we can bring 724 more gifts in the door before midnight, we can ensure that activists like me have the resources we need to pass sensible legislation and elect champions of gun violence prevention across the country. So I’m humbly asking: Can you chip in $15 right away? >>

We can’t end gun violence without a unified front.

Even though Illinois passed a historic assault weapons ban this month, there’s still so much more work to be done.

Because when our neighbors like Wisconsin, Indiana, and Iowa have lax gun laws, someone can easily cross the border and access terrifying weapons that they couldn’t get here.

I’ll be blunt: For too long, elected officials have gotten away with reciting the empty phrase “thoughts and prayers” after each shooting instead of passing meaningful legislation.

But with your support, we can take decisive action to make “thoughts and prayers” a thing of the past and ban assault weapons for good.

Take it from me: Building a nationwide movement isn’t easy. But if we’re going to have any chance at defeating pro-gun legislators and passing sensible gun reforms, we’re going to need strong allies behind us. BAWN and I are counting on 724 grassroots supporters to pitch in before midnight to help us ban assault weapons and end gun violence once and for all. Will you join our fight by chipping in $15 right now? >>

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Thank you,

Rachel Jacoby
March for Our Lives Organizer

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