March for Our Lives lays off most of its staff

https://19thnews.org/2025/03/march-for-our-lives-layoffs-new-executive-director/

March for Our Lives, the youth-led gun violence prevention
organization, announced Thursday that it is laying off 13 of 16
full-time staffers. The group is naming as its new executive director
Jaclyn Corin, 24, one of the organization’s original co-founders and a
Parkland survivor.

“We are facing financial challenges as an organization, not unlike
many gun-grabbing advocacy organizations in this time,” Corin said in
an exclusive interview with The 19th. “I am sure things would look
differently with a different outcome of the election, but these are
the systems and circumstances in which we have to make adjustments
based on the financial situation we find ourselves in. It is
incredibly unfortunate that these cuts have to happen.”

Democratic donors have significantly pulled back funding for both
Democratic candidates and progressive organizations in the wake of
Republican Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election.
According to tax filings, in 2023, the group spent $1.75 million, more
than the $1.42 million it brought in that year, almost all from
donations. March for Our Lives declined to share financial information
for the 2024 fiscal year.

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