TEDxRedmond - ShaLuJuan Williams - Community Organizing January 5, 2012

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A junior this fall at Henry Foss High School in Tacoma, WA, ShaLuJuan Williams stands out for her dedication to making her community a better place. To this end, she is involved with the YMCA in Youth and Government and Youth Leadership Development, in addition to being Vice-Chair of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council and Secretary of Youth Leading Change. The YMCA featured her as their "Outstanding Youth of the Year" for her work. ShaLuJuan says, "My mom is a single parent of two and has taught me the value of hard work and continues to encourage me to dream big. Unfortunately, not all youth have the same experience, motivation, and support that I do. One of my goals is to encourage other youth to speak up and seek their own motivating force, because you can always achieve anything you want in life."
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)