Rachel Jacoby

Rachel Jacoby is a Highland Park resident and currently works in a local office of Gun Violence Prevention in Illinois. As a former organizer with March For Our Lives, Rachel has led organizing efforts across Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC, in support of gun violence prevention legislation. Most significantly, she helped lead the grassroots organizing effort in support of the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which made Illinois the ninth state in the country to ban assault weapons, high-­capacity magazines, and switches. Today, Rachel serves on the Board for March for Our Lives and is the President of the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence.