Events
GirlPower! 2019 Spoken Word
Our young women performed a powerful poem at the Awards Luncheon.
VANESSA – I am thee Example
PAOLA – I am Limited Edition
JULIE – I am a Quiet Storm
DANIELLA – I am Undefined
LESLIE – I am UNSTOPPABLE
ALL – WE ARE GIRLPOWER!
DIANA – GIRLPOWER IS THE EPITOME OF PERSEVERANCE!!!
CITLALLI – Dolores Huerta
ALL – CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST!
ANA – Ana Mendieta
ALL – ARTIST!
MONSE – Ellen Ochoa
ALL – FIRST LATINA ASTRONAUT!
MARIA – Julia de Burgos
ALL – POET!
ASHLEY – Sonia Sotomayor
ALL – SUPREME COURT JUSTICE!
GROUP 1 – WE WON’T STOP!
GROUP 2 – Until equality is TREATED like a HUMAN RIGHT
GROUP 3 – Rather than a privilege!
ZARAI – Answering injustice with justice
JACKIE – Until every girl walks into a room AND KNOWS |
She’s brought her BEST SELF
PAOLA – Gender and race do NOT define us
ALL – WE DO!
THANIA – GirlPower Deserves a seat at the table
AMERICA – Arched eyebrows
DIANA – Dark lipstick
JACKIE – Natural hair | Attitude and all
YESSICA – And if a seat ISN’T OFFERED?
ALL – WE WILL BUILD OUR OWN TABLE!
SHARAIDY – GirlPower Does NOT conform to gender roles |
And does NOT need your example
ALL – WE’VE BROUGHT OUR OWN!
GROUP 1 – Emma Gonzalez!
JULIE – Fights for gun control
GROUP 2 – Luisa Moreno!
DIANA – Held the first national workers unity conference
GROUP 3 – Mari Copeny!
CELESTE – At JUST 8 years old | she was the youth ambassador at the 2018 Women’s March
GROUP 2 – Frida Kahlo!
CITLALLI – Self-taught painter who became one of the best-known artists of the 20th century
GROUP 1 – Sonia Cruz!
DANNA – At just 5 years old | Fights for the rights of immigrants
MONSE – GirlPower doesn’t explain its greatness
GROUP 3 – Its worn like second skin!
MONSE – You see it!
GROUP 2 – WE | Are NO damsels
LESLIE – We carry our own swords and shields
DANNA – GirlPower IS NOT a moment
GROUP 1 – It’s a MOVEMENT!
ALL – GIRLPOWER WILL NOT BE QUIET | WILL NOT BE PREY!
GROUP 3 – We break through glass ceilings | build new doorways
PAOLA – GirlPower feels like fire in our chest |
And hurricanes in our hands |
CELESTE – GirlPower commands the stars |
And controls the universe
GROUP 1 – We refuse to fit in |
Your box |
Your high heels |
Or on your magazine covers
ISABELLA – You never show our real sizes anyway
GROUP 2 – GirlPower IS
ASHLEY – Standing here | in front of you
CITLALLI – Owning our space
DIANA – Demanding our voices to be heard
GROUP 2 – And reclaiming OUR time
ALL – GIRLPOWER IS
CELESTE – CONFIDENCE
GROUP 3 – Debrah Constance!
ALL – POWERFUL
GROUP 1 – Ocasio Cortez!
ALL – THE ROSE AND THE THORN
GROUP 2 – Maria de Jesus!
ALL – UNSTOPPABLE
LORENA – My mom
MONSE – My ama
ALL – ACTIVISM
CELESTE – Edna Chavez!
ALL – LOUD
LESLIE – Me!
ALL – BOLD
YESSICA – Michelle Obama!
ALL – BRAVE
THANIA – Rosa Parks!
ALL – GIRLPOWER IS
MONSE – Self-care
ASHLEY – Self-love
ISABELLA – Self-acceptance
AMERICA – Accepting when it’s time | To step out of the cocoon
JACKIE – Pushing through doubts | fears | And insecurities
ALL – GIRLPOWER IS
LESLIE – TRANSFORMATION
VANESSA – Caterpillar to butterfly | Little girls | To teens
JULIE – Into proud women | Fighting against the sway of the wind
ALL – GIRLPOWER SOARS!
CITLALLI – Take a step back | Look up | And watch us fly
ZARAI – Monarchs, majesty | Sprinkling our magic | Wherever needed
DANNA – Who Runs the World?!
ALL – GIRLS!
DANNA – But WE already knew this | And we’re not ashamed of it!
I AM Danna!
America!
Isabella!
Julie!
Lorena!
Maria!
Yessica!
ALL – GIRLPOWER!
Ashley!
Citlalli!
Diana!
Leslie!
Vanessa!
Sharaidy!
Zarai!
ALL – GIRLPOWER!
Ana!
Celeste!
Jackie!
Paola!
Monse!
Thania!
And I am Daniela!
ALL – WE | ARE GIRLPOWER!
