00:00My name is Jesse Ridner, and two days ago I decided that I wanted to help organize a march against
00:07gun violence.
00:39I thought you were joking. I didn't quite believe that you could pull something off like this.
00:45I was a little concerned because you didn't really have anything planned.
00:58Today we just got a permit, so it's actually happening.
01:02This little thing that I was super scared to be embarrassed about having to cancel the event after a bunch
01:09of my friends saw it.
01:10And now it's actually going to happen.
01:15One of our first meetings for the March for Our Lives going great and everyone's real excited.
01:21And hopefully everything else goes amazing and we could get this march going.
01:31This is a huge field. If this many people come, it's going to be insane.
01:36Hopefully I will show you guys this field one day and it will be filled with human beings fighting for
01:43what they believe in. Crazy.
01:48Today is the Saturday before the march. It is jam-packed.
01:52I have back-to-back meetings from 11 to 4 and it's Saturday.
02:04Just finished with all the meetings today and it was really great.
02:08Had a really fun day.
02:09A little overwhelming because it was so many things in a row, but I am happy that we got a
02:15lot done.
02:16Something that I definitely didn't foresee when I wanted to do the march in the first place was how expensive
02:21it was going to be.
02:35Hey guys, it is the morning of the march.
02:39Very excited. The stage at our first location is being set up right behind me.
02:44And it is a beautiful day, thank God.
02:46A little chilly but sunny. There's still snow on the ground.
02:49But the march starts in about three hours, so hopefully more of that will melt.
02:53But crazy. It's happening. Today's the day.
03:03I can't vote, but if there's anything that the past few weeks have showed us, it's that you do not
03:08need to be a voting age to make a difference.
03:10Be out of the way, get out of the way.
03:12We have the power to induce local, statewide, or even nationwide change.
03:21You guys really made me see that one person can make a difference, that our voices matter.
03:26We're here. Thank you guys so much.
03:28Yeah, Jessie!
03:30Thank you!
03:30It's the day after the march, and it's over. It went great. It was just awesome.
03:36We had around three to four thousand people show up, which is so much more than I could have ever
03:41imagined.
03:42And something that I've learned is that it is impossible to do this by yourself.
03:47You need to ask for help, and there are people out there who have done this before that love helping
03:53other people figure it out.
03:54But it was so much fun and such a great experience, and maybe I'll move again.
