Final preparations are being made for a bus trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March for Our Lives, a national rally to end gun violence in the wake of the school shooting that killed 17 students and staff members in Parkland, Fla.
The trip from the Vineyard is being organized by Keith Chatinover, a senior at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School. A meeting of those taking the trip is scheduled for 6:30 pm Wednesday at Edgartown library to work out last-minute details and answer questions.
Two buses, which are fully funded through donations, filled with Islanders will head for the nation’s capital beginning with a ferry ride at 8:30 pm Friday. The buses are scheduled to arrive back in Woods Hole as close to 5 am Sunday as possible, according to emails sent to participants by Chatinover. As of today, there are still 12 seats available on the second bus. If you would like to claim a seat and travel with the group to D.C., email Keith at kchatinover@gmail.com.
Times photo editor Gabrielle Mannino and news intern Brian Dowd are taking the bus journey to Washington, and will be filing frequent updates to The Times website, as well as tweeting about their experience on The MV Times Twitter feed.
The Times will also provide coverage from other places holding rallies in support of the Washington march, including Five Corners in Vineyard Haven and Boston.
We’d like to hear your march experiences as well, so be sure to tweet at us @TheMVTimes with the hashtag #MarchforOurLives.
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