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George and Amal Clooney donate $500k to march against guns

Amal and George Clooney arrive at the premiere of "Suburbicon" on Oct. 22, 2017, in Los Angeles. George and Amal Clooney are donating $500,000 to students organizing nationwide marches against gun violence, and they say theyll also attend next months planned protests. In a statement released Tuesday, Feb. 20, the couple says they are inspired by the courage and eloquence of the survivors-turned-activists from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Jordan Strauss / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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NEW YORK – Actor George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, are donating $500,000 to students organizing nationwide marches against gun violence, and they say they’ll also attend next month’s planned protests.

In a statement released Tuesday, the couple says they’re inspired by the “courage and eloquence” of the survivors-turned-activists from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people were killed at the school and others wounded when a former student went on a rampage with an assault rifle. Students are mobilizing a March 24 march in Washington and elsewhere to urge lawmakers to enact tougher gun control.

The Clooneys say they’re donating the money in the names of their eight-month-old twins Ella and Alexander. The couple also says the family plans to “stand side by side” with students next month.