“Before YYGS, I’d traveled quite a lot, even living in India for two years. But, the majority of that travel was as a tourist—sight-seeing, going to museums, watching plays—meaning that I was constantly surrounded by others that were also there to observe the culture rather than take part in it. YYGS allowed me to do the latter—I was no longer a “tourist of culture,” but actually got to know people from those cultures and the ways in which we were different and alike.”
The S.H.E. Project (Strength, Honor, and Eloquence) is a non-profit organization for young girls that helps develop confidence and character through workshops, which focus on self-defense, professional skills (like networking and personal presentation) and public speaking.
Our mission is to empower every girl whose life we touch with the tools and inspiration she needs to become a powerful young woman with a unique voice, and I think our first workshop at Campus International was a success in that way!
As part of that mission, we’ve created a blog which features a rotating cast of writers, including myself and girls my age from across the globe. My hope in creating this blog was to create a space for girls everywhere to share their tips and tricks, accomplishments, and best (and worst) experiences. I think our current social and political climate is shifting towards one of acceptance, and insofar as that’s true, I want the SHE Project and its blog to provide more and more young girls, ultimately from every corner of the globe, with programs and spaces to express themselves.