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Who Is Deena Katz? March For Our Lives Organizers Picked Her To Plan The D.C. Event

ByCHRIS TOGNOTTI

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On Saturday, March 24, the city of Washington, D.C. will play host to a huge protest march, similar to the Women's Marches that descended on the nation's capital each of the last two years. This time, however, it'll be the March For Our Lives, a major demonstration in support of new gun control laws. But it'll have more in common with the Women's March than just its location ― it'll also have March For Our Lives organizer Deena Katz, who is also one of the executive directors of the Los Angeles Women's March Foundation.

If you've heard of Katz before, that might be why. But it could also be that you're more familiar with her work in film and television. Katz is a producer and casting director on shows like Real Time With Bill Maher, The Grand Tour, and perhaps most prominently, Dancing With The Stars. According to The Miami Herald, some of the survivors of the deadly Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last month who called for the march chose Katz to organize the event.