Leadership

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A letter to #GirlsinSTEM and youth activists

Growing up as a child raised by a single, immigrant mom, I have faced her my share of struggles navigating […]

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Scientific publications as a tool for gender discrimination

Not until did I enter the master program that I could understand the meaning of gender discrimination deeply. My master […]

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Bravery in the Eye of the Storm

Well today it happened… A day we never want to happen, but continually prepare for throughout the school year. We […]

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Shit Matters !?.

For 20 years, a toilet managed my life. A kidney disorder- diagnosed at the age of two- led to constraints […]

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Storytelling, Education and Leadership

VIDEO: Valin Azooz, a dentist and a young leader in Iraq, comments on the power of storytelling and education as […]

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“I am a survivor of female genital mutilation”

VIDEO: Sise Sawaneh, from the Republic of the Gambia, discusses her advocacy to end female genital mutilation in this brief conversation […]

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The Power of Adversity, Grit and Intuition

Have you ever sat wondering, “how did I become this way?” Whether “this way” has a positive or negative emotion […]

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An Audience is Watching

The school that I coach for Girls on the Run sits in the inner city of Allentown. As the guidance […]

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She Had It In Her All Along

I often believe that the best way to celebrate someone’s birthday is to focus on the impact they have made […]

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Running the Race- A Testimony of Love and Grace

My name is De’Ana Forbes. I am a student at James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, VA. I enrolled at […]