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Marching for Climate: Xiye Bastida
Born in 2002 in Atlacomulco, Mexico, Xiye Bastida experienced climate change early in life. From the ages of 10 to 13, Xiye lived through an extreme drought, followed by, in 2015, extreme flooding in her hometown of San Pedro Tultepec. Shortly after the floods, Xiye’s...
Why I Game: Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn streaming video games. Gaming is something which formed a big part of my girlhood! My first piece of gaming equipment was a purple Gameboy. My game of choice? Pokémon! I would get lost in the mission of training my creatures, caring for them, and journeying...
Education in Africa: Victoria Ibiwoye
Photo courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison In 2013, then 19-year-old Victoria Ibiwoye founded the OneAfricanChild Foundation for Creative Learning. OneAfricanChild is a youth-led NGO that addresses education inequality through experiential workshops focusing on...
Sophie Cruz and Migrants’ Rights
Sophie Cruz speaks onstage at the Women's March on Washington (Getty) Sophie Cruz is one of the youngest activists in the world. Her parents are undocumented migrants from Mexico, living in the USA, and at the age of five Sophie decided to do something about...
Rowan Blanchard: Actress and Advocate
Photo: Ben Rayner for The New York Times Born in 2001, Rowan Blanchard began acting at the age of five. She appeared in several television shows and movies, with her big break starring as Riley Matthews in Girl Meets World and a recurring role on The Goldbergs....
“Productivity” Culture
“No amount of money ever bought a second of time” - Iron Man In recent years hustle culture has permeated our lives. On any given day while scrolling on social media, you will see posts from people celebrating the fact they’ve spent every moment of the day being...
Child Bride to Activist: Payal Jangid
Payal speaks to a school group in an Indian village. Photo courtesy World Children’s Prize. In the village of Rajasthan, India, Payal Jangid has led a fight against child marriage. It began in 2014, when the then 11-year-old Payal stopped the marriages of her older...
Risking Life for Education: Nibras Khudaida
Photo Courtesy of Nibras Khudaida. One day, while walking home from school, a young girl was attacked. It sounds like Malala Yousafzai’s story...but it is not. It is the story of many girls, but today one in particular: Nibras Khudaida. Nibras was born in a small...
Meet Our Interns: Kaitlyn Walker-Stewart
Hello! My name is Kaitlyn Walker-Stewart and I am a Scottish girl currently living in London. I come from a contemporary art background having studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, and I am currently studying my Masters degree in Museum Cultures with Curating at...
The Nashville Six: #BlackLivesMatter Sparks Nashville Protest
Organizers from Teens4Equality speak as protestors gather in Bicentennial Mall Park in Nashville, June 4, 2020. Image courtesy Good Morning America. In June 2020, a massive protest in Nashville in support of the Black Lives Matter movement gained international...