Saw this at Mommy Life and had to share!
Twelve year old Lia Mills wrote this speech for a contest at school. On March 12, 2009, she was given the Susan B. Anthony Young Leader Award.
My favorite line: “You have to remember that with our rights come responsibilities, and we can’t take someone else’s rights away to avoid our responsibilities.” (Wow. Applicable in so many ways!)
Mills ends the speech by bringing in a quote from Horton Hears a Who!
The full version of the speech can be found here.