March for Our Lives : a view toward the Capitol Hill as a participant in the crowds

March for Our Lives　グンシュウ　ノ　ヒトリ　トシテ　ミタ　キャピトルヒル　ノ　ナガメ

ダイモン, ヒロアキ

Daimon, Hiroaki

デモ

社会運動

アメリカ

Gun control

demonstration

social movement

the United States

On March 24th, 2018, “March for Our Lives (MFOL)” were held in the Washington D.C.and across the nation in the United States, and at the same time millions of people rallied all over the world. This reports focuses on describing the MFOL in the Washington D.C., where the central field of MFOL was, while the author rallied in the demonstration as one of the participants. Through the field work, the two main features are mentioned; first, the movement of MFOL communicated not only from the core members of MFOL to the participants but also from the participants to the members through the collective voices, such as cheers, handclaps, and repetition; second, to engage the participants in the movement and unite the movement, the organizer tried to make the movement joyful using both (short and organized) speech and music, performance, or movies. Although the peak of MFOL reached on March 24th, the movements continues over the nations to change the gun control. On the whole, in the social movement studies, the dynamic aspects between organizers and participants are important in the long-term strategy.