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Let’s move on from black and white
There’s always black and white and yet we still go through the same hardships, Why does one have to feel superior than the other when we are all chasing the same goals? You got to understand that slavery doesn’t exist anymore, it’s written in the book of laws. People of color have to stop feeling inferior and people who are white have to stop feeling more superior, because you got to agree we all succeed and fail. Why can’t we move on? Why can’t we move past black and white? Why can’t we become one “HUMAN”? Stuck in the past and living the same problem each and everyday. How much more do we...
Lets be kind this summer!
“Kindness” to the world might be an act of generosity, but to me it’s a lot more. Being kind is to be encouraging, supportive, positive, helpful, honest, considerate, thankful, responsible, respectful and most importantly, being a friend. From the farthest I can recall, I was never taught kindness in a class or was given a lecture on how to be kind. But I remember reading the Mark Twain quote on the wall of my school library “Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see”. My mom is a regular visitor to a local NGO and it’s been about ten years. Each time she visits she...
Education for the Girl Child
When I think about the Girl Child, I think about an embodiment of beauty, happiness, intelligence and talent. The Girl Child must be cherished, loved, and adored because she is more precious than jewels. She is gold because she is attractive and pure. She is a diamond because she is indispensable. She is like oxygen because you will always need that smile on her face. The Girl Child to her mother is a precious jewel. To her father, his pride. To her siblings, a helper. To her peers, a dependable friend. To her teacher, an intelligent being. To the world, a shining sun. To the church, a...
Everyone has the right to search for a better life
Youth Participation in the European Union: together we can make a real difference
Free Nelson Mandela
July 18, Mandela Day, the day that Nelson Mandela was released from prison, 28 years ago. I cannot say anything else than that Mandela is one of my heroes and biggest examples. It started in a very dark period in my life where I faced many and big problems. In my family, where there was no harmony and a big lack of love, I just broke up with the girl I loved and I studied in France where I got terribly depressed. Suffering mental illness is difficult. It feels like a trauma and you don’t know how to solve it. There is no positivity, it feels like someone has driven over you with a big car and...
Soaring to Global Heights
Using Video to Raise Social Awareness
Miami
We rode the morning metro heading to Miami Beach on the last day of school, which we had a little discussion and skipped it together. It was a radiant morning, and the excitement inside of us was in the brink of bursting. I smelled the perfume of fierce. Sam wore a pair of sunglass, looking perfect on her. Putting on her smiles only, Sarah looks stunning. Five of us sat on the smooth sand, hoping to get tan without peeling, which is highly impossible. Luisa was immersing herself in the transparent-blue ocean and facing toward the Bahama islands. She always wanted to be a sailor, which...
Migration, diversity, and tolerance in Europe
Words unspoken
Do not be the one to sound the alarm. Do not be the one to ask questions. Do not be the one to say such words. Do not be the one who risks everything for the sake of another. They said. In 1915. In 1932. In 1938. And again in 1975...1994… 1995... 2004… 2016. And again and again and again and again... History is the storyteller that holds all truth, and yet when she speaks, much of mankind closes their ears. Is it that we are too afraid or too selfish? Is it that our own worlds are all too small or too large–– that we are too consumed with ourselves to notice the pain of others, that we are too...
You have a voice, use it for good
I believe living in the United States is the greatest privilege. I have been so blessed to be able to claim the many constitutional rights of an American. I honestly believe that the first amendment is the most significant right given to Americans. Having the right to express myself makes me excited. The fact that I can speak my mind on any topic is also frightening. I need to be careful that I do not speak before thinking. ‘With great power comes great responsibilities’. Solely because I am able to say anything does not mean that I should. There are things I think that should not be said. As...
The change you want
As I am short of words and do not know where to start, if you are reading this, I implore you to type the phrase ‘Lazy Youth’ on the Google website. If you are a Nigerian, there is a high probability you can rightly guess the content of the resulting thread. Let’s leave it at that for now. As a Youth Delegate at the 2018 African Youth Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, I watched a screen-play on Jaha Dukureh’s achievement on the topic of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The documentary titled ‘The Girl Who Said No to FGM’ narrated Jaha’s Dukureh’s journey of triggering the law that abolished the...
A Conclusion For Poverty
Every day is a chance… to be selfish
Being selfish to make a change. I have lately worked at a summer leadership academy for international students aged 11 to 16. On the last day we wanted the students to write a “letter to self” as part of their reflections. Joining in on the activity and rereading the letter before slipping it into the envelope, I suddenly had a terrible awakening: I am living a very unhealthy lifestyle – and I would argue that many other young active people are doing just the same. My days are tightly packed: university, night shifts in the hospital, tutoring, teaching at the institute for anatomy, sports, my...
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The children’s version
I want to change how society sees people with disabilities
The individuality epidemic
At the beginning of 2019, I fell in love with myself. To who do I give the credit? Social media (and myself, of course). Social media has been viewed by many as a double-edged sword, the source of downfalls and plenty of problems, and while it is, if used correctly, it doesn’t have to be. This is my story of how I found light in the darkness. I like to call it “the individuality epidemic” or the 9 millionth social revolution and it is one that holds the story of a 17-year-old from South Africa. Hi, I am the 17-year-old from South Africa. I have been blessed enough to be part of a group of...