--- title: Gun Control: Oprah Matches George and Amal Clooney Donation description: Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and the Katzenbergs match George and Amal Clooney's donation to the 'March for Our Lives' gun control rally canonical: https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-20T23:16:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T21:50:45.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: These Hollywood Celebrities Are Donating to 'March of Our Lives' og:description: "These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s," Oprah said og:url: https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89017e991670227/69892852096a94d9656a192e/gettyimages-90705527.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney at the premiere of "Up In The Air" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Hollywood Celebrities Are Donating to 'March of Our Lives' twitter:description: "These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s," Oprah said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89017e991670227/69892852096a94d9656a192e/gettyimages-90705527.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Celebrities Are Matching George and Amal Clooney's $500,000 Donation to March for Our Lives > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage) (EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 12: \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE\*\*\* Entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey and actor George Clooney attend the "Up In The Air" Premiere held at the Ryerson Theatre during 2009 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage) Jeff Vespa—WireImage  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:50 PM UTCPublished: Feb 20, 2018 11:16 PM UTC Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg have joined a growing list of Hollywood celebrities to follow George and Amal Clooney in donating to the upcoming “March for Our Lives” gun control rally led by student organizers in the wake of [the deadly shooting](http://time.com/5162936/florida-high-school-shooting-timeline/) at [Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School](http://time.com/5158804/marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-shooting/) in Parkland, Fla. “George and Amal, I couldn’t agree with you more. I am joining forces with you and will match your $500,000 donation to ‘March For Our Lives,’” Oprah said on Twitter Tuesday evening. “These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s who also said we’ve had ENOUGH and our voices will be heard.” > [](https://twitter.com/Oprah/status/966079086379507712) George and Amal Clooney announced earlier Tuesday that they are [donating $500,000](http://time.com/money/5166643/george-amal-clooney-march-for-our-lives-donation/) in the name of their eight-month-old twins, Ella and Alexander. Taking a cue from the Clooneys, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw also pledged $500,000, as did film studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife Marilyn Katzenberg, [Deadline reported](http://deadline.com/2018/02/george-clooney-amal-clooney-donate-500000-march-for-our-lives-school-shootings-1202296098/). The rally they are all donating to, “March for Our Lives,” is scheduled for March 24th. Organized [by survivors](http://time.com/5167102/march-for-our-lives-parkland-school-shooting-protest/) of last week’s school shooting in Florida, which killed 17 people, the march is advocating for gun control legislation. “In the tragic wake of the seventeen lives brutally cut short in Florida, politicians are telling us that now is not the time to talk about guns. March For Our Lives believes the time is now,” [the group states on its website.](https://www.marchforourlives.com/mission-statement) > [](https://twitter.com/AMarch4OurLives/status/965212350461562880) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/"},"headline":"These Celebrities Are Matching George and Amal Clooney's $500,000 Donation to March for Our Lives","datePublished":"2018-02-20T23:16:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T21:50:45.000Z","description":"\"I am joining forces with you\"","url":"https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/","keywords":["Gun Control","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89017e991670227/69892852096a94d9656a192e/gettyimages-90705527.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb89017e991670227/69892852096a94d9656a192e/gettyimages-90705527.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney at the premiere of \"Up In The Air\"","caption":"\"Up In The Air\" Premiere - 2009 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Jeff Vespa—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/gun-control/","name":"Gun Control"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5167531/oprah-winfrey-george-clooney-amal-march-for-our-lives-donation/","name":"These Celebrities Are Matching George and Amal Clooney's $500,000 Donation to March for Our Lives"}}]}] ```