In an era where acceptance still must fight to prevail and changes are yet not easily taken, people must get out there to make a difference.

Survivors of the Parkland school shooting and other hundreds of students joined at a rally this Saturday for a change. The gun control rally was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where a student stood out in the crowd:

Emma Gonzalez.

The 19-year-old senior gave a speech at the event, in which she made use of her tremendous experiences in the shooting to set an example and fight for a change:

“If all our government and President can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it’s time for victims to be the change that we need to see.”

A generation that speaks up for themselves and represents the voices of those who cannot be heard anymore is the kind of generation the world must seek, and it is the kind of generation Gonzalez and others at the rally are representing.

“Maybe the adults have gotten used to saying ‘it is what it is’,” said Gonzalez, “in this case, if you actively do nothing, people continually end up dead, so it’s time to start doing something.”

Students, like Emma, should be encouraged to make use of their education outside the classrooms borders. They should be encouraged to voice out their opinions and fight for it, rather than be treated inside the bubble.

As those survivors set an example of braveness and wise criticism to the public, they also bring up hope to others by seeking a stop to an incident that should not be as usual as it is in the U.S.

"They say no laws could have prevented the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occurred. We call BS. That us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we are too young to understand how the government works. We call BS," said Gonzalez as she finished her speech.

For further information about the speech, CNN posted a full transcript of it and video.