True Heroes are Movement Builders | Sheyda Brown | TEDxGreenwood

[Applause] Let me paint you a picture. It's 2011. I'm in high school at a Friday night football game.I along with my two best friends are wearing our sweatshirts that display the words cookie girls on the back. I didn't understand a single rule about football, but for social acceptance, I knew I needed to be there. A lot of my upbringing felt this way, pretending to care about things I didn't in order to assimilate.It was my way of preventing any potential rejection that might come my way, especially the ki ...