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A person’s voice is a powerful tool. Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State, admitted, “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have I am not going to be silent.” Prior to freshmen year, I had not truly used my voice on the behalf of others. Throughout my high school career, I developed a voice for racial political justice, gender equality, and reformation of public schools. My voice is loudest and most powerful when I am advocating on behalf of Girl Up, Inc. It all started when I attended the 2013 Girl Up Leadership Summit with two of my best friends. We had never heard about Girl Up before, but a simple evite opened us to the gender equality plaguing communities around the world. I could’ve easily just gone home feeling as if I couldn’t change anything. But, the summit was an eye-opening experience. I met female entrepreneurs from Latin America with inspiring stories. I met curious …show more content…
Society has taken away the power of a girls’ voice; it is time to return that power. Girl Up allows me to encourage the next female engineers at the Gashora Girls Academy in Rwanda. Girl Up allows me to make so much thundering noise in the home of a stubborn Indian father that he has to undo his daughter’s early marriage. Girl Up has encouraged my voice to lobby for the Girls Count Act, a law that makes birth registration a priority for America’s foreign policy. As my club’s founding president and a National Teen Advisor, my voice is their voice. Nothing is more rewarding than serving on Girl Up’s board of executives and seeing the results of the campaign. My career with Girl Up taught me how to make my voice an effective tool. I’ve learned how to make my voice loud and compelling, how to inspire others to raise their voices up, and when words aren’t enough to provoke action. My voice is and will always be a boombox for girls’ education

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