List of names and why they kick ass
Emma González (born 1999) - American activist and advocate for gun control. Surviour from the Stoneman Douglas High Shcool shooting in Parkland, Florida.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Gonz%C3%A1lez
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) - Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born 1954) - American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
Greta Thunberg (born 2003) - Swedish schoolgirl who, at age 15, began protesting about the need for immediate action to combat climate change outside the Swedish parliament and has since become an outspoken climate activist.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg
Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny (born 2007) - In 2016 Flint resident Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, aged 8, wrote President Obama to bring to his attention the public health crisis caused the Flint Water crisis. The month after receiving her letter, the president responded with one of his own, thanking Mari for her activism and telling her he’d visit Flint. Their meeting went viral, and seven months later, President Obama authorized $100 million to repair Flint’s water system.
To date, she and the education nonprofit Pack Your Back have handed out more than 700,000 water bottles to local families.
sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_activism
https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a25383285/mari-copeny-barack-obama-flint-water-crisis/
Autumn Peltier (born 2004) - Anishinaabe-kwe and a member of the Wikwemikong First Nation and an internationally recognized advocate for clean water. She is a water protector and has been called a “water warrior”. Peltier addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on the issue of water protection at the age of thirteen in 2018.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Peltier
Afreen Khan (born 2000) - a young girl who is part of a generation of Indian women fighting rape and sexual harassment. Along with other young rape survivors, Afreen has formed a vigilante group called The Red Brigade. Together, they march along the streets in their red and black uniform, drag young men out of their homes and publically humiliate them for harassing women.
They also teach self-defense to the girls of their community and organize protests.
source: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeera-selects/2017/07/girls-pushing-boundaries-india-mozambique-morocco-170703062812493.html
Sophie Cruz (born 2010) - American activist. Her parents are undocumented immigrants from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Cruz’s activism is geared toward ensuring the continuance of the DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans) program, which would allow her parents to remain in the United States legally.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Cruz
The Black Student Union of Charlottesville High School - Led a #RacialJusticeWalkout on March the 25th 2019 demanding a number of policies to promote equity in city schools.
source: https://www.nbc29.com/story/40188748/chs-black-student-union-to-lead-walkout-for-racial-justice
Naomi Wadler (born 2007) - American student and activist attending George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia. She has held speeches advocating for victims of gun violence in the United States, especially black female victims, most notably at the anti-gun protest March for Our Lives.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wadler
Riley Keough (born 1989) pictured with two young unidentifiable protestors at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest 2016
source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/3729396/riley-keough-protests-dakota-access-pipeline-01/
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