KUDOS TO ALL

It Takes a Village

Yes, the March For Our Lives on Saturday was organized by our very own Walla Walla High School students, 

but there were scores of adults who supported their efforts and performed a variety of roles 

to protect the safety of all who marched. 

The Walla Walla Police Department led the march and provided additional security along the route. 

Thank you for your presence at the march and for your service to our community.

There were also dozens of everyday citizens who volunteered as marshals to keep the march moving orderly and smoothly. 

Thank you for your service and for your support of our students.

It was a big march so it required many volunteer marshals as pictured here gathered before the start of the march.

A police officer and two of the student organizers have a last minute briefing before the march begins.

Photo by Patrice Townsend

Emma Case and Connor Lemma, two of the group of WaHi students who organized the March For Our Lives. 

Thank you for your courage, integrity, and persistence. You make Walla Walla proud.

Photo by Patrice Townsend

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES 3.24.18

Signs of the Times

Walla Walla joined hundreds of big cities and smaller towns across the U.S. that participated in the national March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24. And like the march in Washington D.C. that was organized by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, so our local march was organized by the students of Walla Walla High School. In fact, they did such a great job, that I overheard one of the police officers compliment organizers Emma Case and Grace Steelman for just that.

As with many of the public marches and vigils that have taken place in Walla Walla over the last year or so, I again assumed the self-designated role as un-official event photographer. There are others who take pictures and video in a more official capacity, but I do so simply because I believe in the cause(s) and enjoy being the documentarian.

The following photos are only a handful of the people and signs I photographed, but I chose to include these particular pictures because they capture the heartfelt sentiment that moved a cross-generational group of Walla Wallans to march--

the protection of our children.

Yes we are, for so many reasons.

Senior WaHi student and one of the march organizers, Emma Case addresses the crowd before the march.

This is a family affair.

Grace Steelman, another student organizer, joins the crowd after delivering remarks before the march.