TEDxYSE - Rebecca Kantar
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Rebecca Kantar is the founder of Minga and the grand prize winner of the Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition. This is her talk at TEDxYSE: Unleashing Young Social Entrepreneurs hosted by Ashoka's Youth Venture on November 13th, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Rebecca Kantar, 18, is a founding member of Minga, a youth-run civic organization dedicated to ending the global child sex trade through educating teens worldwide. Rebecca first became aware of child trafficking in her early teens, the same age of many sex-trafficked American girls. Shocked to consider that youth just like her were being exploited, she was galvanized to take action. To date, Minga has raised $85,000 to support a rehabilitation center in the Phillipines while also directly engaging and educating over 10,000 youth. Rebecca directs Minga's publicity and outreach efforts, and she'll soon launch a high-profile national PSA campaign to raise broader awareness of sex trafficking. She has been named as one of TIME Magazine's Tomorrow25 and will be attending Harvard University as a freshman in September. Learn more about Rebecca's work at http://mingagroup.org/
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what the fuck is this garbage
pimppappi702 4 months ago
Go Rebecca! This is outstanding and a great example of your hard work and clear vision. Living large the SYP way. I can't wait to gather again soon and plan the next great adventure.
Congrats!
schinosi 1 year ago
As a teenager (technically, I just finished my "teenagership"), I agree. Never try, never know.
wildwolf111 1 year ago
Teen have the power to change the world!!!
AGLEB87 1 year ago