Emma González

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Emma González

Emma González (born November 11, 1999 ) is an American activist and advocate of stricter gun laws in the United States.

Life

As a high school graduate, she survived the Parkland School Massacre on February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland , Florida in the middle of her graduation thesis .

She gained international fame after her committed speech at a memorial event in Parkland three days after the rampage spread quickly on the Internet. B. said: “When the President tells me in the face that it was a terrible tragedy (…) and that there is nothing to be done, I ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle Association (NRA). [...] I know: $ 30 million. "And also to the address of US President Trump and other politicians:" Be ashamed of yourself! "

Never Again MSD

In response to the shooting, she and other classmates founded the organization Never Again MSD , which advocates greater control of firearms possession with tightened gun laws and against the political influence of the NRA in the United States.

March for our Lives

At the March for our Lives , a global mass protest against gun violence led and organized by Never Again MSD , González appeared as the last single speaker at the main event in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018 , remembering the victims from her school. She was silent in tears with a view of the assembled hundreds of thousands for the duration of the attack of 6 minutes and 20 seconds after she had called up the names of her 17 dead classmates. According to their own statement, the audience should imagine the duration of the massacre at their school. Your appearance received a very positive and broad response in the international media.

reception

González has been described as "the face of the student protests".

Honors

Emma González is the winner of the Stuttgart Peace Prize 2018, which has been awarded by “Die AnStifter” for 15 years. It is also awarded to the movement against armed violence. The peace gala took place on December 2, 2018 in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart .

Web links

Commons : Emma González  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Advice from a survivor of the Florida school shooting: It's time to start ignoring Trump (English) . In: The Washington Post , February 16, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. 
  2. ↑ Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: 'We call BS' (English) (Includes video and transcript). In: CNN , February 17, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. 
  3. ↑ Florida survivors to march on Washington (English) . In: BBC News , February 18, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. 
  4. ^ Wesley Lowery: Emma González hated guns before. Now, she's speaking out on behalf of her dead classmates. (English) . In: The Washington Post , February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. 
  5. ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): US students angry at gun lobby | Currently America | DW | February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The survivor of the rampage criticizes Trump: "Shame on you" - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Video . In: Spiegel Online . February 18, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 25, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Badische Zeitung: Survivors after the school massacre in Florida on Trump: "You are ashamed" - Panorama - Badische Zeitung . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed on March 24, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Parkland Student Emma González Opens Up About Her Fight for Gun Control (English) . In: Harper's Bazaar , February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018. 
  9. ↑ a b c March for our lives: Emma Gonzalez is silent - for the length of a massacre - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Video . In: Spiegel Online . March 25, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 25, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Your Twitter channel, March 25, 2018
  11. ↑ nytimes.com : [1]
  12. ↑ Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against gun violence - "Protect children, not guns!" In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed on March 25, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Emotional speech by Emma Gonzalez orf.at, March 25, 2018, accessed March 26, 2018. - Video (4:34)
  14. ^ Annette Ohme-Reinicke: Emma González - the student fighting the US gun lobby - will be awarded the Stuttgart Peace Prize 2018 of the German citizens' project Die AnStifter (The Instigators). In: https://www.die-anstifter.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/translation-Anstifter-3.pdf . Die Anstifter eV; Werastrasse 10, 70182 Stuttgart, Germany, December 2, 2018, accessed on December 2, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME González, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gonzalez, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American activist and advocate of stricter gun laws
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1999