(CNN) Naomi Wadler took the stage at Saturday's March for Our Lives in Washington with one message: Black girls have been left out of the gun violence conversation for too long. "I am here today 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 the evening news," Naomi said to cheers. "I represent the African American women who are victims of gun violence, who are simply statistics instead of vibrant, beautiful girls that fill a potential," she said. Naomi noted the privilege she said, in that she was being heard, while many black women are not. "For far too long these names, these black girls and women have been just numbers," Naomi told the crowd.

Source: CNN March 24, 2018 17:55 UTC