naomi wadler
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Girl Boss: On the International Day of the Girl, Meet the Incredible Girls on Kidbox's Kids Board of Directors
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, my biggest initiatives were keeping my room clean and babysitting my younger siblings. But for the eight remarkable girls above, their mission is to make the world a better place—from advocating for clean water, to literacy, to gun control. For Kidbox’s Kids board of…
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What's the Tea? Activist Naomi Wadler Brings Black Girl Magic to YouTube—With Help From Serena Williams
When we first saw Naomi Wadler take the podium at the March for Our Lives last year, we knew this was a child destined for big things. The then 11-year-old spoke eloquently about not only the power and awareness of the youngest members of our society, but also the need to ensure black women and…
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Grand Slam: Lindsay Peoples Wagner's 1st Cover for Teen Vogue Is Black Girl Majesty
Now, this is how you come through with some #blackgirlmagic. For her premiere cover as Teen Vogue’s new editor-in-chief (and the youngest black editor at any major publication), Lindsay Peoples Wagner recruited one of the world’s most dynamic women, Serena Williams, placed her in conversation with Naomi Wadler, one of the most intelligent and inspiring…
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Viola, Kamala, Janelle and More Are Glamour's 2018 Women of the Year
What do Viola Davis, Kamala Harris, Janelle Monae, Naomi Wadler and 97-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin have in common? Well, aside from all being incredibly dynamic and inspirational black women, they’ve been named Glamour’s 2018 Women of Year—alongside Chrissy Teigen; the other young female activists of March for Our Lives; Saudi Arabian women’s right…
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Girl Power Grows Up: Dozens of Influential Women Explore the Meaning of Power
What does it mean to be a powerful woman? This is the question New York magazine’s Women and Power issue explores, interviewing and profiling some of the world’s most well-known women—and many who wield the power behind the scenes. Published online in the magazine’s style section, the Cut, the issue features 12 covers—8 in print,…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: How Naomi Wadler Disrupted the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards
Anyone who thinks children should be seen and not heard has clearly never heard of Naomi Wadler. The 11-year-old blew millions of minds when she appeared onstage at last month’s March for Our Lives “to acknowledge and represent the African-American girls whose stories don’t make the front page of every national newspaper, whose stories don’t…
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The Children Are Our Future: 11-Year-Old Naomi Wadler Asks Us to #SayHerName
I am here today to represent Courtlin Arrington. I am here today to represent Hadiya Pendleton. I am here today to represent Taiyania Thompson, who at just 16 was shot dead at her home in Washington, D.C. I am here to acknowledge and represent the African-American girls whose stories don’t make the front page of…