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"From her own experience of being bullied, she has gone on to help other teenagers. She’s my age—and it’s just inspiring that she found something she’s so invested in. She pushed me to reevaluate myself, in what I can give back. That’s empowering."
Elle Fanning, GLAMOUR
SOME OF THE cool PLACES VALERIE HAS BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK at, PARTNER WITH AND MORE.
TURn YOUR PASSION INTO ACTION
Currently, you can find Valerie diving deep into a child's right to information as a Children's Rights PhD Candidate under Queen's University's Centre for Children's Rights. Valerie calls Belfast and Brooklyn home. She is collaborating with Brooklyn Children's Museum to conduct the first formal research on what "child-friendly" means to children themselves.
As the founder of The Validation Project, Valerie has inspired young people around the world to turn passion into positive action through her mentoring and social justice programming. Her self-designed kindness curriculum is taught in approximately 1,000 schools. Valerie was is a L'Oreal Paris Woman of Worth and her work has been featured in CNN, Oprah Magazine, Upworthy, and more. She has also served on the Harvard Graduate School of Education's advisory board and is a recipient of the National Jefferson Award for Peace and Justice.
HOW YOU CAN WORK WITH VALERIE
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Speaking engagements
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Workshops about children's rights, youth empowerment, educator support, self-worth, turning passions into activism
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Social media strategy and creation
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Curriculum design
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Consulting for youth engagement, children's rights, and non-profit management
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Event planning
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Digital training for a variety of online social justice tools
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Children's rights reading packets on a topic of your choice
Val's enthusiasm, inclusivity and receptiveness made her an incredible partner to work with in the preparation process which translated into highly rated and sought after workshops. Her presence was so profound, her involvement at these conferences has grown over the years with the most recent being featured as a panel speaker for the entire conference in Berlin.
- Sarah Carey, formerly @ EF Education First
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