Rev. Al Sharpton and Parkland shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond have joined forces to plan a gun control rally outside Trump Tower in New York City in June.
Sixteen-year-old Eastmond recently met with Sharpton at his National Action Network in Harlem where the two discussed gun violence and planned the June 2nd rally, which is set to start at Trump International Tower on Columbus Circle and head to Fifth Avenue and Trump Tower,, the president’s longtime Manhattan residence, according to the Associated Press.
Eastmond is a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. where a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people on Feb. 14. Since surviving the massacre, Eastmond has been an advocate for stricter gun laws in the U.S.
Eastmond said the location of the rally is significant to her because she lost an uncle to gun violence in New York City 15 years ago.
A long-time activist against gun violence, Sharpton said the recent movement of young Americans become politically active is what he calls “a necessary marriage of dealing with gun violence as an American issue that jumps over the boundaries of any community and deals with America from every city.”
