March for Our Lives...

We headed to Amsterdam on Jimmy’s birthday for a nice brunch at Derek and Abbie’s followed by the March for Our Lives, a student-led demonstration for tighter guns controls in the US after another mass school shooting. Derek wore his letterman jacket because there had been a shooting just four days earlier at his high school in Maryland.

While it felt a bit strange protesting about guns in a country that doesn’t have a gun problem, it felt good to participate in a global movement to show solidarity during one of the largest protests in American history.

Ashlynn was happy to meet up with Rebecca, a Brazilian/Italian friend from school who will be attending UC Berkeley in the fall.

The crowd wasn’t as large as the Women’s March the previous year, but it was well organized with both American and Dutch student speakers and musicians.

Veronica couldn’t be with us, but she marched in London. She couldn’t resist posing with a young girl with a matching poster.