Emma Gonzalez Spoke At March for Our Lives, But Her Silence Was More Powerful

"Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job."

Emma Gonzalez. If the name doesn't ring a bell, it will soon.

She's become the face of the gun control movement that's been reignited (to be fair, it's been raging for decades) since the tragic Parkland shooting. During this weekend's March for Our Lives, which saw tens of thousands descend on Washington D.C. and many more around the world, she delivered another moving speech.

Emma Gonzalez.

The entire speech.

Watch. All. Of. It. #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/AK47lWEkAM

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) March 24, 2018

Despite having the stage for six-and-a-half minutes, Gonzalez only spoke for around two. The remaining four-and-a-half minutes? She remained silent with a defiant stare, which represented the amount of time it took for the student gunmen to take the lives of 17 of her peers.

the way Emma Gonzalez just used silence from that podium was bone chillingly powerful. #MarchForOurLives

— Kevin Allred (@KevinAllred) March 24, 2018

It's hard to imagine all this push for real change coming from a 15-year-old, but here we are.

The march was organised to pressure politicians into taking real measures to control the sale and ownership of guns in the United States after another massacre occurred in a school.

Alongside the thousands who attended the march were celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Paul McCartney and Miley Cyrus.

And those who couldn't make it, like Millie Bobby Brown, made their support known.

Thank you to all the fans who voted for me and for Stranger Things at Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards today. A big 🙏🏻 also to my friends at Calvin Klein for being such a champion of important causes and efforts to create positivity in this world. #marchforourlives #neveragain pic.twitter.com/rPh3jCvz3i

— Millie Bobby Brown (@milliebbrown) March 25, 2018

If no action is taken from this march, students across the country will undertake another school walkout on 20 April, marking the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre when 15 people were killed.

Photo: Twitter (@MichaelSkolnik)