Date | March 24, 2018 |
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Location | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Also known as | March for Our Lives Portland, OR |
Type | Protest march |
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March for Our Lives Portland (officially March for Our Lives Portland, OR)[1] was a protest held in Portland, Oregon, as part of March for Our Lives, a series of rallies and marches in Washington, D.C., and more than 800 cities across the world on March 24, 2018. Students organized the event, which included a march from the North Park Blocks to Pioneer Courthouse Square where a rally featured speakers, a performance by rock band Portugal. The Man, and a surprise appearance by rapper Black Thought of hip-hop band The Roots. The protest was the city's largest since the January 2017 Women's March on Portland; the Portland Police Bureau estimated a crowd size of 12,000.