Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Other Stars Join March for Our Lives Protests

Demonstrations are aimed at toughening gun laws to help stop school shootings and were organized by teens after the deadly February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida

By Corinne Heller Mar 24, 2018 4:56 PMTags
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Celebs such as Miley CyrusDemi LovatoGeorge Clooney and Amal ClooneyKim KardashianLady GagaPadma Lakshmi and Charlize Theron joined hundreds of thousands of students and other people at March for Our Lives rallies on Saturday to demand an end to gun violence.

The nationwide protests are aimed at toughening gun laws to help stop school shootings and other massacres. Teens organized the rallies after the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida that killed 17 students and staff members.

"We hereby promise to fix the broken system we've been forced into and create a better world for the generations to come," Cameron Caskey, a junior at that high school, said in a speech at the main March for Our Lives event in Washington D.C. "Don't worry. We've got this."

The teen was among several fellow students who spoke out against gun violence at the rally.

"My grandfather had a dream that his four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character," said the late  Martin Luther King Jr.'s 9-year-old granddaughter Yolanda Renee King. "I have a dream that enough is enough. And that this should be a gun-free world—period."

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

The two brought their daughter North West to the Washington D.C. march.

Charlie Puth

The singer appears at the March for Our Lives Los Angeles event.

Olivia Wilde

The actress speaks at March For Our Lives Los Angeles on March 24, 2018.

Jaden Smith, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin

The trio pose at the March For Our Lives 2018 rally in Los Angeles.

Rita Ora

The British singer performs at March For Our Lives Los Angeles on March 24, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Jennifer Hudson

The singer performs at the Washington D.C. march.

Cher

The singer marches in Washington.

Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato

The singers pose together at the Washington D.C. rally.

Parks and Recreation Cast

Former co-stars Natalie Morales (Lucy), Billy Eichner (Craig Middlebrooks), Adam Scott (Ben Wyatt), Aubrey Plaza and Paul Rudd (Bobby Newport) reunited at the Washington D.C. march.

Amy Schumer

The actress speaks at the Los Angeles march.

Willow Smith

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter speaks at the Los Angeles march.

Lady Gaga

The singer appears with friends.

Demi Lovato

The singer performs at the Washington D.C. rally.

Paul McCartney

The former Beatles member marches partially to honor late friend and band mate John Lennon.

Ariana Grande

The singer performs at the Washington D.C. rally.

Yara Shahidi

The actress speaks at the Los Angeles march.

Jimmy Fallon and Dennis Rodman

The Tonight Show host and the former NBA star appear together at the Washington D.C. march.

Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus

The sisters appear at the Washington D.C. rally.

Miley Cyrus, Tish Cyrus, Brandi Cyrus and Noah Cyrus

"Surrounded by heroines!" Miley wrote on Instagram. "Lucky to be here at this moment in history with the ones I love!"

Amal Clooney and George Clooney

The two attend the main Washington D.C. march.

Charlize Theron

"These mommas demand action. #MarchForOurLives," the Oscar winner wrote on Instagram.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt

The Hamilton creator poses with the star of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen at the Washington D.C. rally.

Common and Andra Day

The singers perform at the Washington D.C. rally.

Padma Lakshmi

"It's not about the second amendment, it's about children's lives vs money in the NRA's pocket. Enough. Is. Enough. @marchforourlives �� @everytown #notonemore #marchforourlives," the Top Chef host wrote on Instagram.

Ta'Rhonda Jones and Amy Schumer

The Empire actress, who performed a song about gun violence, posed with the comedienne during the march in Los Angeles.

Julianne Moore and George Clooney

The two greet each other at the Washington D.C. march.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Halsey

The two appear at the main Washington D.C. march.

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw

The director and his wife appear at the Washington D.C. march.

Washington D.C. March

Protesters gather at the Washington D.C. march.

Los Angeles March

People march in L.A.

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The Clooneys attended that rally, as did singers Cher and Halsey, as well as many former stars of Parks of Recreation, who had a mini reunionKim and Kanye attended the Washington D.C. march with their 4-year-old daughter North West.

Cyrus, Lovato, Ariana GrandeJennifer HudsonAndra DayCommonHamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt performed at the Washington protest.

"Hello everyone, thank you so much for having me and I'm so excited to be here with all of you sharing our voices so we can be heard together," Lovato told the crowd.

She and Cyrus later posed for pics together.

"Been friends forever & happy to stand with you on important days like this!" Cyrus tweeted.

Miranda and Platt performed a mashup of two songs from their Broadway shows called "Found/Tonight" that they recently released as a single to raise money for the initiative.

"It's not about the second amendment, it's about children's lives vs money in the NRA's pocket," Lakshmi, who attended a demonstration in New York City, wrote on Instagram. "Enough. Is. Enough." 

Paul McCartney, whose Beatles band mate John Lennon was shot and killed in 1980, also marched in New York.

"One of my best friends was killed by gun violence right around here," he told CNN. "So it's important to me."

Amy Schumer, Yara Shahidi and Willow Smith appeared at the March for Our Lives protest in Los Angeles.

George, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg have donated $2 million to the March for Our Lives movement, Reuters reported.

Madonna, who lives with her family in Portugal, posted on her Instagram page a video of four of her six children—David Banda, 12; Mercy James, 12; and twins Esther and Stella, 5—relaying a message of support to the marching students.

"We are inspired by you and stand with you," they said. "We are there for you in spirit all the way from Portugal. We support you and we demand and end to gun violence in our schools. Our voices cannot be silenced anymore. We have had enough. This can never happen again"

"We support you! We support you! We support you!" they said.