A year ago thousands of young adults descended on Washington DC. They came from all across the United States to tell the government that they were tired of being killed in classrooms. On this day they joined together in what was called “March For Our Lives.” Young people like Aalayah Eastmond and even younger Naomi Wadler spoke out in a sea of unfamilar faces, among classes divided and communities flung far, brown faces whose lives have been a constant battle ground, but who voices were not paid attention to. A young black boy who cried and begged for answers, about why his brother was taken by gun violence just a few blocks away from the Capitol, the very place they now gathered by the tens of thousands, united and saying “no more.” Some of those kids will be voting next year. A year has come and gone already. Although Naomi will not be able to vote in the next few elections, her voice like thousands of other young black children “will be heard.” Listen to this young black voice and know that there is promise in their future.
March 24, 2018 in Washington DC at the March For Our Lives Rally.
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