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NYC March for Our Lives rally

UFT members and New York City public school students joined the youth-led March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on June 11 as protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.

A group of men, women and children march over the Brooklyn Bridge with signs
UFT Brooklyn HS Representative Charles DiBenedetto (on left) holds his daughter Sophia’s hand and carries a UFT banner across the Brooklyn Bridge with Randi Boxer, a teacher at PS 152 in Midwood, Brooklyn.
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Two women walk across a bridge holding signs with a group

Sonja Hill, a teacher at PS 41, in Brownsville, Brooklyn (on left) and Portia Armstrong, a UFT retiree, cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

Erica Berger
A group of UFT members are photographed walking down the street

UFT members were out in force on June 11 in New York City to participate in one of hundreds of rallies taking place around the country to protest gun violence.

Erica Berger
A woman and her daughter hold up signs from a 2018 rally

Lisa Greenwald (on left), a teacher at Stuyvesant HS, and her daughter, Eleanor Lavin, reach Broadway at the end of the march.

Erica Berger
A group of protestors hold up signs in honor of Angellyh Yambo

UFT members representing all boroughs take a stand against gun violence. The green signs are for Angellyh Yambo, a University Prep Charter HS student who died walking home from school on April 8.

Erica Berger
A marching band practices in a park before marching

The Susan E. Wagner HS Marching Band gathers at Cadman Park in Brooklyn before the march.

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A group of UFT employees pose for a photo holding up their signs.

Holding up UFT signs as they march are (from left) UFT Welfare Fund Department staffer Anesa Soleyn, Welfare Fund Executive Director Geof Sorkin and Welfare Fund Assistant Director Joseph Usatch.

Erica Berger
A group of UFT members walk while being close together
UFT members, some of whom served as marshals, bring up the rear of the March for Our Lives march.
Erica Berger
Members walking across the Brooklyn Bridge hold their signs in the air
“Kids over guns,” “End gun violence” and “Ban assault weapons” were some of the rallying cries UFT members communicated with signs.
Erica Berger
Retirees march in front of younger protesors
UFT retirees Bobby Greenberg and Mariana Gasto march in front of a young protester with the group Youth Over Guns.
Erica Berger
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A group of men, women and children march over the Brooklyn Bridge with signs
UFT Brooklyn HS Representative Charles DiBenedetto (on left) holds his daughter Sophia’s hand and carries a UFT banner across the Brooklyn Bridge with Randi Boxer, a teacher at PS 152 in Midwood, Brooklyn.
Erica Berger
Two women walk across a bridge holding signs with a group

Sonja Hill, a teacher at PS 41, in Brownsville, Brooklyn (on left) and Portia Armstrong, a UFT retiree, cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

Erica Berger
A group of UFT members are photographed walking down the street

UFT members were out in force on June 11 in New York City to participate in one of hundreds of rallies taking place around the country to protest gun violence.

Erica Berger
A woman and her daughter hold up signs from a 2018 rally

Lisa Greenwald (on left), a teacher at Stuyvesant HS, and her daughter, Eleanor Lavin, reach Broadway at the end of the march.

Erica Berger
A group of protestors hold up signs in honor of Angellyh Yambo

UFT members representing all boroughs take a stand against gun violence. The green signs are for Angellyh Yambo, a University Prep Charter HS student who died walking home from school on April 8.

Erica Berger
A marching band practices in a park before marching

The Susan E. Wagner HS Marching Band gathers at Cadman Park in Brooklyn before the march.

Erica Berger
A group of UFT employees pose for a photo holding up their signs.

Holding up UFT signs as they march are (from left) UFT Welfare Fund Department staffer Anesa Soleyn, Welfare Fund Executive Director Geof Sorkin and Welfare Fund Assistant Director Joseph Usatch.

Erica Berger
A group of UFT members walk while being close together
UFT members, some of whom served as marshals, bring up the rear of the March for Our Lives march.
Erica Berger
Members walking across the Brooklyn Bridge hold their signs in the air
“Kids over guns,” “End gun violence” and “Ban assault weapons” were some of the rallying cries UFT members communicated with signs.
Erica Berger
Retirees march in front of younger protesors
UFT retirees Bobby Greenberg and Mariana Gasto march in front of a young protester with the group Youth Over Guns.
Erica Berger