Julianne Moore Instagram – My #WomanCrushWednesday this week is Amaya Waymon, a @studentsdemand volunteer at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
On November 10, 2024, Amaya was celebrating her University’s 100th homecoming weekend when two gunmen using handguns equipped with Glock switches began shooting at people exiting and entering the party. Amaya was one of 16 people wounded during the shooting. A classmate, 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson, was killed.
Within days, Amaya founded her university’s first-ever Students Demand Action group. And in March of 2025, Amaya was named for her leadership by Republican Governor Kay Ivey when Ivey signed a law making Alabama the 25th state to ban Glock switches and similar conversion devices that transform semi-automatic firearms into illegal machine guns.
A changemaker, @theambitiousadvocate continues to organize at Tuskegee and support students affected by the shooting. Her leadership has had a direct impact on campus safety and on recent policy decisions in Alabama. #wcw #bhm | Posted on 26/Feb/2026 03:09:36
