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Activism and Global Citizenship Students Attend Women in the World Summit

For the third year students in Yom Fox’s Activism and Global Citizenship class attended the Women in the World Summit (April 12-14). This year, students from African American History joined. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for them (students) to see and hear from a range of voices who are advocating not only for issues that impact women and girls but ultimately everyone,” Fox said. The three-day summit included speakers such as Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, actress Viola Davis, former deputy attorney general Sally Yates, Hillary Clinton, and March for Our Lives organizers and other international activists.
While speakers covered a variety of topics, ranging from the Rohingya refugee crisis to Yemen’s humanitarian disaster, each speaker illustrated on how to create positive change worldwide. Every panel and interview provided different advice on how to advocate for women’s rights. Further, the structure of the conference gave students the opportunity to hear from speakers in a myriad of fields such as technology, culinary arts, politics, acting, law, and journalism. 
 
One student, reflected, “What I loved most about Women in the World was that it wasn’t just about women’s issues ...It was about complex global issues, and the people solving them were all women. Although I think it’s important to have conversations about problems that solely affect women and girls, it was incredibly empowering to see women at the forefront of change in so many different contexts. It’s so important to show the world confident and accomplished women, especially in a year dominated by narratives of sexual assault, just as a reminder of how valuable women and girls are and the power we have to change the world." 
 
Ultimately, each audience member could relate to some aspect of the panels, which made the summit even more engaging. 
 
Story by Noa Simon '18 and Alison Comite '18
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