Victoria is a seventeen-year-old activist from Harlem, New York. At sixteen, she organized the #NationalSchoolWalkout to protest gun violence in schools. On Friday, April 20th, 2018, Victoria inspired hundreds of thousands of students in every state in America to walk out of their classrooms. After her protest, Victoria became the youngest person to sit on Manhattan’s Community Board. She also started another nonprofit called Tools for Change, an organization that facilitates youth success by offering such services as mental health counseling and strategies for money management. Victoria also has a history of protesting child sex trafficking, even giving a TED Talk on the subject in 2016 at a San Diego TEDxYouth event.
“People think it’s an ‘over there’ issue, and it’s not, it’s happening right here in the United States.”
—Victoria Pannell
This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson, which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.
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