March for Our Lives founder David Hogg is urging people outside of the U.S. to protest gun violence at U.S. embassies.
The big picture: March for Our Lives, a youth-led organization that seeks to end gun violence, is gearing up to hold a march in Washington, D.C., on June 11 in the wake of a series of deadly mass shootings in the U.S.
- After a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that killed 10 and another at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that left 19 children and two adults dead, the country has continued to be rocked by gun violence.
- At least 11 people were killed and 54 were injured in seven separate mass shootings over the weekend.
Driving the news: Hogg encouraged people to hold marches outside of U.S. embassies in their countries on June 11 and demand "our government do something about gun safety."
- "The more protests we can get outside US embassies the better," Hogg wrote in a tweet. "We must make the fact that our government has done nothing to protect our kids even more of an international embarrassment."
Background: Hogg, a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, founded March for Our Lives in 2018.
- In addition to the D.C. march on June 11, the organization is also hosting more than 100 sister marches in 45 states.
