Meet Naomi Wadler: A Powerful 11-Year-Old Standing Up For Black Girls at March For Our Lives

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One of the most inspiring moments during the March For Our Lives protests came when Naomi Wadler, who led at walkout at her school in Virginia, took the stage in Washington.

Saturday’s March For Our Lives protest just ended, and while the talking heads and analysts are raving about the poise and power from these young Americans, it is worth noting the extra special contribution from a leader of the next-next generation, Naomi Wadler. Wadler, a 11-year-old student leader who recently led a walkout at her school in Virginia, took the stage in Washington, D.C. and showed more eloquence and composure than most adults could ever showcase in their entire life.

“Me and my friend Carter led a walkout at our elementary school on the 14th,” Wadler told the massive crowd in D.C., which had more people in attendance than Trump’s inauguration day parade. “We walked out for 18 minutes, adding a minute to honor Courtlin Arrington, an African American girl who was the victim of gun violence at her school in Alabama after the Parkland shooting. I am here today to represent Courtlin Arrington. I am here today to represent Hadiya Pendleton. I am here today to represent Taiyania Thompson, who at just 16 was shot dead at her home in Washington, D.C. I am here to acknowledge and represent the African American girls whose stories don’t make the front page of every national newspaper, whose stories don’t lead on the evening news.”

The sheer amount of chills and goosebumps that coursed up-and-down upon hearing this powerful girl speak speaks volumes. The names of those who have been hidden on page C1 at the …

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