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#MarchForOurLives in Tucson

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I love the notion of Sibling Marches. I was brave enough to go to ours. I was smart enough not to walk the 1.8 miles from downtown to the UofA Mall. with the 7,000 or so who did.   Instead, I went straight to the rally site, minimizing the distance between The Uv and my exit. It was a multi-age crowd; I was tasked with keeping the able bodied out of the chairs and spaces reserved for the disabled and those with wheelchairs and walkers. We watched the marchers join us on the Mall.  Children already scarred by gun violence  carried banners of the murdered and the inspiring  Two of my favorite politicians, Daniel Hernandez and Billy Kovacs, were there.  Billy facilitated the behind the scenes logistics, and was there, moving tables and attaching signs and doing what was needed when it was needed with a smile on his face and no name tag identifying him as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the US House of Represen...