Write. Recite. Ignite. Evolve. | Meredith Montgomery and Jessica London Shields | TEDxRushU

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Girls need to grow up in a world where they have the opportunity to discover who they are in a safe environment and understand who they want to become with exposure to various perspective. Journaling to performance allows girls to express themselves through the arts.

Meredith Montgomery and Jessica London-Shields are: Performers, Writers, Instructors, Girlfriends and Co-Founders of {she crew}.

Meredith is a theatre artist who has credits from Central Texas to the Midwest and Jessica is an award-winning theatre and film artist here in Chicago.

Together, they have founded {she crew}, a women's empowerment non-profit in Chicago. {she crew}'s purpose is to bring empowerment tools to the next generation of women through journaling and performance exercises that foster deep introspection, embracing of new perspectives, inclusion, and the investigation of all female identities. {she crew}'s programming is made accessible for all girls in Chicago, and functions at no cost to the students. At {she crew} believes that our society will not be able to form a culture of equality until we learn to know and accept all faces worn by womanhood.

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