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The Visionary Pragmatism of Communities of Belonging | Reagan Jackson | TEDxMercerIslandHSWomen

Reagan Jackson, Program Director at Young Women Empowered, talks about the power of feeling included and welcome. She discusses how in the world today there are a multitude of issues young female people of color have to face, and how taking creative risk and building connections with new people can make all the difference. She discusses her experiences with belonging, and tells the stories of some of the inspiring and transformative youth she has worked with, weaving a powerful story of positive social change. Reagan Jackson is the Program Director for Young Women Empowered. She is also a multi genre writer, artist, activist, and international educator with an abiding love of justice, spirituality, and creating community. Reagan is passionate about providing young people with the opportunity to experience something new. To that end she has taken over two hundred youth abroad to Japan, Guatemala, and Mexico respectively. She is an award winning journalist and columnist for the Seattle Globalist. Her other published works include three collections of poetry: God, Hair, Love, and America, Love and Guatemala, and Summoning Unicorns and two children’s book Coco LaSwish A Fish From A Different Rainbow and Coco LaSwish: When Rainbows Go Blue. Check out her podcast at: http://thedeependfriends.libsyn.com This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx