X Gonzalez: The Voice Who Spoke Up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Gonz%C3%A1lez

After the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, students rose to the occasion to advocate for gun control, especially outspoken senior X González, a survivor who delivered a powerful speech during a rally that gained national attention. They played a key role in organizing the March for Our Lives and have continued the fight to implement stricter gun laws, having since co-founded the gun control advocacy committee Never Again MSD.

“We are going to be the kids that you read about in textbooks.”

—X González

This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.

EDNA CHAVEZ: USING HER VOICE

https://assembly.malala.org/stories/edna-chavez-gun-violence-and-trauma

Edna Chavez is a gun reform activist from Los Angeles. At the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC, she gave a stirring speech about the normalization of gun violence in our society. Having lost many of her own friends and family to gun violence in South LA, she addressed how students of all ages are taught in class how to protect themselves from shooters. Since then, she has spoken at other prominent events in an effort to educate people on the realities of gun violence and inspire young voters to make a difference. “For decades, my community of South Los Angeles has become accustomed to this violence,” she told the crowd. “It is normal to see candles, it is normal to see posters, it is normal to see balloons, it is normal to see flowers honoring the lives of Black and brown youth who have lost their lives to a bullet.”

“Remember my name. Remember these faces. Remember us and how we are making change. La lucha sigue [the fight continues].”

—Edna Chavez

This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson, which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.

X GONZÁLEZ: THE VOICE WHO SPOKE UP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Gonz%C3%A1lez

After the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, students rose to the occasion to advocate for gun control, especially outspoken senior X González, a survivor who delivered a powerful speech during a rally that gained national attention. They played a key role in organizing the March for Our Lives and have continued the fight to implement stricter gun laws, having since co-founded the gun control advocacy committee Never Again MSD.

“We are going to be the kids that you read about in textbooks.”

—X González

This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson, which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.