Anti-gun violence advocate, community leader Louis March has died [Video]

Louis March, a long-time Toronto community leader, youth mentor, and well-known anti-gun violence advocate, has died.

Born on Aug. 1, 1955, March died on July 20 following a medical emergency. The long-time Scarborough resident was 68.

In 2013, March founded the Zero Gun Violence Movement (ZGVM), an awareness and advocacy initiative that works to reduce gun violence and its root causes across the city and beyond and build safe and heathy communities for all.

The movement, which he also directed, was initially established in June 2013 as a 90-day campaign to address and eradicate Toronto’s gun violence problem, but kept going as issues with guns continued to plague the Greater Toronto Area.

With the mission of providing education and awareness, advocacy, and engagement, all with the focus on ending the scourge of gun violence, ZGVM has worked with more than 40 different community organizations, agencies, and programs to address the …