The past year has taught me my passion for women's empowerment and gender inequality. Kicking it off with the persuasive speech and presentation we had to write for English and carrying on into the final I had to do in Spirituality of Leadership, I learned a lot through research on the topic and became more and more interested in it. With the pressure to decide an SSLP (Senior Service Learning Project) subject in junior year, I decided to concentrate on these two subjects. Then I learned Alexis was just as passionate about it as me and I went to join forces on our sslps. I've been so excited about our project and now I'm so excited for our first interview which will kick off the project...I can't believe this is actually happening! I came across a quote today: "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do" -Apple. I know its a crazy idea that two teen girls can make a difference and raise awareness about these issues going on in the world but I think that we can make a pebble of change at least that could create a mountain of change. I hope that this project makes a difference in the lives of the girls we talk to and that we learn something from this process, even if we learn one thing and if one person says that what we talked about is interesting, I know it'll be successful and worth it.
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Shanzay Kazmi
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Shanzay Kazmi