Alexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.
The final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago will feature lawmakers and victims of gun violence pushing for changes at the state and national levels, according to a convention official. Speakers in prime time Thursday night will include former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot at an event in her Arizona district in 2011; Rep. Lucy McBath, of Georgia, who lost her son Jordan to gun violence in 2012; and a group of state lawmakers known as the 'Tennessee Three.
' McBath will moderate a conversation with activists and gun violence survivors from across the country, including Abbey Clements, a second grade teacher and survivor of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and Kimberly Rubio, whose daughter was killed in a 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. 'Stories matter.
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