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Participants in Seattle’s March for Lives protest gun violence

Originally published March 24, 2018 at 10:43 amUpdated March 24, 2018 at 8:01 pm

Thousands gather to listen to speeches at Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives protest on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Asher Maria, center, and other students lead thousands during the March For Our Lives from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Jenny Park, 17, participates in her first march saying she’s “hoping it will make a change.” She cannot vote for another year. Orange is the symbolic color for the movement. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Roosevelt sophomores Gladys Alberts, left, and Natalie Harris raise their signs above their heads as they pass the Space Needle at the Seattle Center. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Saying she’s “an ex-Republican,” Charly Silva walks the route to Seattle Center on Saturday in Seattle’s March For Our Lives. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Students lead thousands during the March For Our Lives protest from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Thousands gather to listen to speeches at Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Students lead thousands during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Cheeks striped orange, Sophia Fonseca takes video of marchers as they head west on Pike Street in Seattle’s March For Our Lives on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Fists raised and chanting “no more silence, end gun violence,” thousands of marchers head to Seattle Center from Cal Anderson Park in Seattle’s March For Our Lives. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Marchers at Seattle Center line the top of Fisher Pavilion as others fill the grounds below. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Kris Weber shouts with the crowd as she follows students during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Aidan Silber won’t be able to vote for six more years but attends the rally at Cal Anderson Park before Seattle’s March For Our Lives on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Chanting all the way to Seattle Center, youthful marchers walk in Seattle’s March For Our Lives on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Jakob Hechtman, 18, and Jenny Park, 17, participate in their first march, citing the need to “finally open my government’s eyes” and “hoping it will make a change.” (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Fist raised, Elijah Lewis spoke about victims of gun violence and people he knew at the rally in Cal Anderson Park before the march to Seattle Center. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Pedestrians on Pike Street signal solidarity with marchers Saturday as thousands head to Seattle Center. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Participants in the Seattle March For Our Lives leave Cal Anderson Park as the march begins. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Wesley Bishop, 6, leads his family with his “be careful with guns!” sign during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Thousands raise their hands and listen to a performance by singer Brandi Carlile at Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Thousands march along Fourth Avenue, passing Olive Way on their way to Seattle Center, during the March for Our Lives on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

People gather in Cal Anderson Park before a march against gun violence in Seattle on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

A crowd gathers in Cal Anderson Park before the March For Our Lives begins in Seattle. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Marchers head to Seattle Center with the Space Needle in the background. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Seattle police provide a motorcycle escort for the thousands in Seattle’s March For Our Lives on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Josephine holds Jessica Fontanilla’s hand as they chant together during the March For Our Lives from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center in Seattle on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

A crowd gathers in Cal Anderson Park before the March For Our Lives begins in Seattle. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Orange is the color for this movement. This is at the rally in Cal Anderson Park before the march. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Thousands participate in the March For Our Lives from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Posters and participants fill the backdrop to the stage at Cal Anderson Park before the march to Seattle Center on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

A marcher favoring an assault-rifle ban enters Seattle Center at the end of the route where thousands walked. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Marchers walk in front of a lone protester, in camouflage, who has a dual message of religion and pro-gun, as they pass MoPop at Seattle Center, end of the route. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Marchers pass by the statue of Chief Seattle just before Seattle Center. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Thousands participate in the March For Our Lives from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center in Seattle on Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Thousands raise their hands and listen to a performance by singer Brandi Carlile at the Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Louise Heller cheers for Brandi Carlile as a “we call BS” sign hangs from her neck at Seattle Center after she marched from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza/ The Seattle Times)

Brandi Carlile performs at Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives.(Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson addresses the rally at Cal Anderson Park before marchers head to Seattle Center. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Brandi Carlile and the Twins take the stage to perform at Seattle Center after marching from Cal Anderson Park during the March For Our Lives. (Courtney Pedroza / The Seattle Times)

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