Over lunch 1 day, we discovered we shared a common passion—an insistence on equality in all forms, feminism in particular. We discussed the issue of combating social issues, but agreed that spreading awareness was one effective method. This exchange that is casual into a project involving weeks of collaboration.

We realized that together we’re able to make a better impact so we composed a ten-minute poem aimed at inspiring people to consider important issues than we ever could have individually. We began by drafting stanzas, simultaneously editing one another’s writing, and soon after progressed to memorization, practicing together until our alternating lines flowed and phrases spoken together were completely synchronized. The performance was both successful and memorable, but more to the point, this collaboration motivated us to go forward to establish the Equality Club at our school.

Sophomore year, our club volunteered with organizations promoting gender equality, the highlight of the season helping at a marathon for recovering abuse victims. Junior year, we met with this head of school to mention our goals, outline plans and gain support for the year that is coming in which we held fundraisers for refugees while educating students. This present year we have been collaborating because of the Judicial Committee to reduce the use that is escalating of slurs in school stemming from too little awareness within the student body. Read more