Ariana Grande is one the celebrities who have shown support for gun control at the March For Our Lives rally on Saturday. Grande performed "Be Alright," a track from her Dangerous Woman album.
Grande, who is a native of Florida, made sure to join the protest in the wake of the Parkland shooting on Feb. 1. The mass shooting, committed by Nikolas Cruz, happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed and 16 others were injured.
Prior to her performance at the protest, Grande addressed all of the students who organized the successful gathering.
"This is for those brilliant students here today that are leading this march and for everybody participating today. Thank you so much for fighting for change and for love and safety and for our future," said Grande.
After her performance, Grande posed with the students from the high school. She also gave them a warm embrace.
It is not a first time for Grande to perform in a concert for a great cause and to show her support for victims of violence. Last year, 23 people were killed during Grande's show in Manchester following a terrorist attack. Days later, she hosted a free concert called One Love Manchester.
The March for Our Lives protest was held in Washington, D.C., and it also featured performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andra Day, Vic Mensa, Demi Lovato, Ben Platt, and Miley Cyrus.
Parkland High School Students Speeches
Other highlights from Saturday's protest centered on the speeches given by the survivors of the shooting. Jaclyn Corin, one of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said that Parkland received more media attention than other schools with a similar tragedy due to its affluence.
"But we share this stage today and forever with those communities who have always stared down the barrel of a gun," said Corin.
The students were also seen wearing a $1.5 price tag on their clothes. Lauren Hogg, another school goer, said that the price symbolizes how much they are worth to the government.
Emma Gonzalez, one of the most outspoken victims of the shooting, also gave a six-minute and two-second speech on Saturday. After enumerating all of the names of Cruz's victims, she stopped for a few seconds while tears fell from her eyes.
"Since the time that I came out here, it has been six minutes and 20 seconds," said Gonzalez.
This is the amount of time that it took Cruz to kill 17 people in the school on Valentine's Day.
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