[Applause]
hi my name is Rhea Sinha and I’m 17
years old 11 years old that’s how old
mikaila Ulmer was when she founded me
and bees lemonade a company that helps
to aim save the bees she is just one
example of how my generation is changing
the world thanks to the power of
Technology and social media we can all
make a difference no matter who we are I
know because I have had the same
experience when I was young I loved to
write I wrote short stories poems and
even essays I self-published my own book
about twins that run away from the evil
babysitter to solve a family mystery I
was giving this book away to my local
book store when a girl who was just six
years old came up to me and told me that
because she had seen me write a book at
this age she now wanted to as well at
that moment I realized that I could have
influence on someone no matter how much
power or money you have at that moment I
realized I wanted to empower more women
to become creative and to be themselves
at that moment the ATF refugio was born
originally fuschia was founded as a sort
of writing Club for women to come online
and post their work but it soon evolved
into a site where women can post any of
their creative work they post their art
their writing their poetry and as we
chat with one another on fusia
many of these women go back and become
leaders in their own community from the
support that they receive we need to
empower every child of my generation to
take action and champion for causes that
they feel strongly about I believe it’s
the only way we can solve the crazy
problems our world has today many older
people look to us and say hopefully it’s
your generation that could solve the
problems that we couldn’t and that’s
because our generation is full of
activated leaders we still need the
adults to be activated with us to mentor
us in order to truly make a change on
the face of this planet the planet that
we will ultimately inherit we are coming
into power but you are in power we need
you to guide us by sharing examples of
past failures and guide us by sharing
examples of your past successes as a
beacon of hope for what we can achieve
in the future kids have already started
taking a stand with the help of
incredible role models we have all seen
it in the news young people are leading
and inspiring millions and it’s not just
a few select young people or just those
who have been personally impacted by a
tragedy but it’s a joining together of
all young people who recognize the
opportunities that they have been
granted and the change that they want to
make in the world I have a fire lit
inside of me to be a voice of change we
still have girls traumatized around the
world if we took a moment of silence for
every time a child has faced violence we
would be silent for indefinitely long
but it’s not out of a reach to take this
pain and turn it into power thanks to
the power of technology and social media
we can all protest for causes that we
feel strongly about and make a
difference and it’s imperative that we
do so or else we risk losing a lot when
I was young all I knew was that I loved
to write and I wanted to help women I
didn’t envision future as a global
connector that it has become today we
have over 15,000 girls on the website
and more than 3.7 million followers on
social media and I’ve spoken at
conferences such as women Economic Forum
and I’m here today spreading my vision
and mission of self empowerment for
girls and women
I didn’t plant it to be like this I’m
simply following my passions and I think
that’s what activated leadership is it’s
the small actions we take every day and
we don’t have to reimagine it it’s in
that it’s how we choose to pursue our
passions and helping the world thank you [Applause]
hi my name is Rhea Sinha and I’m 17
years old 11 years old that’s how old
mikaila Ulmer was when she founded me
and bees lemonade a company that helps
to aim save the bees she is just one
example of how my generation is changing
the world thanks to the power of
Technology and social media we can all
make a difference no matter who we are I
know because I have had the same
experience when I was young I loved to
write I wrote short stories poems and
even essays I self-published my own book
about twins that run away from the evil
babysitter to solve a family mystery I
was giving this book away to my local
book store when a girl who was just six
years old came up to me and told me that
because she had seen me write a book at
this age she now wanted to as well at
that moment I realized that I could have
influence on someone no matter how much
power or money you have at that moment I
realized I wanted to empower more women
to become creative and to be themselves
at that moment the ATF refugio was born
originally fuschia was founded as a sort
of writing Club for women to come online
and post their work but it soon evolved
into a site where women can post any of
their creative work they post their art
their writing their poetry and as we
chat with one another on fusia
many of these women go back and become
leaders in their own community from the
support that they receive we need to
empower every child of my generation to
take action and champion for causes that
they feel strongly about I believe it’s
the only way we can solve the crazy
problems our world has today many older
people look to us and say hopefully it’s
your generation that could solve the
problems that we couldn’t and that’s
because our generation is full of
activated leaders we still need the
adults to be activated with us to mentor
us in order to truly make a change on
the face of this planet the planet that
we will ultimately inherit we are coming
into power but you are in power we need
you to guide us by sharing examples of
past failures and guide us by sharing
examples of your past successes as a
beacon of hope for what we can achieve
in the future kids have already started
taking a stand with the help of
incredible role models we have all seen
it in the news young people are leading
and inspiring millions and it’s not just
a few select young people or just those
who have been personally impacted by a
tragedy but it’s a joining together of
all young people who recognize the
opportunities that they have been
granted and the change that they want to
make in the world I have a fire lit
inside of me to be a voice of change we
still have girls traumatized around the
world if we took a moment of silence for
every time a child has faced violence we
would be silent for indefinitely long
but it’s not out of a reach to take this
pain and turn it into power thanks to
the power of technology and social media
we can all protest for causes that we
feel strongly about and make a
difference and it’s imperative that we
do so or else we risk losing a lot when
I was young all I knew was that I loved
to write and I wanted to help women I
didn’t envision future as a global
connector that it has become today we
have over 15,000 girls on the website
and more than 3.7 million followers on
social media and I’ve spoken at
conferences such as women Economic Forum
and I’m here today spreading my vision
and mission of self empowerment for
girls and women
I didn’t plant it to be like this I’m
simply following my passions and I think
that’s what activated leadership is it’s
the small actions we take every day and
we don’t have to reimagine it it’s in
that it’s how we choose to pursue our
passions and helping the world thank you [Applause]
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