Girls, Young Women Take The Lead With Power To Change The World

From Take the Lead authored by Michele Weldon:

 

 “’In a century from now, in a history text book, I want 2018 to be known for the year that teenagers rocked the nation,’ writes “Kyra,” a student on Twitter with 71,000 followers.

Particularly in the past few weeks, young women are expressing their power to influence policy, behaviors, laws and attitudes toward gun violence, as well as continue to shape positive social movements to change the futures for girls and women.

 Eighteen year-old Emma Gonzalez has become the voice for survivors of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., earning more than 1 million followers on Twitter in less than two weeks.

As an activist, she is reviving #NeverAgain as a movement to end violence in schools.  She is part of a generation of girls and women starting and engaging in movements including #BlackLivesMatter,  Girls Who Code and many more.

These efforts align with the 9 Leadership Power Tools created by Gloria Feldt, president and c0-founder of Take The Lead. Feldt identifies Power Tool # 7 as, “Take Action; Create a Movement.” She explains, “Things don’t just happen. People make them happen in a systematic way. And you can change systems.”

This is happening across the country today.”

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