Her speech at the March For Our Lives made her famous. Now 12-year-old Naomi Wadler is a leading voice in the fight for gun control.
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00:00I've had boys touch my butt and that I had a butt as big as the solar system.
00:03I've had people tell me in a game that I should be the slave or the beggar woman.
00:15There shouldn't be an age limit to being aware
00:17and to knowing and understanding the problems around you and wanting to do something about it.
00:21When I was five, Trayvon Martin was killed and I remember I went to my mom and I said,
00:35Mommy, why did he die? And she said, Well, sweetheart,
00:39people thought he was scary because of his color.
01:05My friends and I might still be 11 and we might still be in elementary school,
01:14but we know, we know life isn't equal for everyone and we know what is right and wrong.
01:29I represent the African-American women who are victims of gun violence,
01:33who are simply statistics instead of vibrant, beautiful girls that pull up potential.
01:38I'm here to say never again for those girls too.
01:48They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS!
02:04Tell everyone you know that if a 12-year-old girl can shave her head and dye it orange,
02:10the least you can do is go and vote.
02:24With respect for ourselves and for each other, we can show the world the force of our Black
02:28Girl Power, our magic to make great societal change.