Leadership in the Age of Personalization Docuseries

LAOP 2019 · No. 13

Hey, You Can Be Yourself

Brielle Lubin

Recorded when Brielle was an eighth grader at Harvard-Westlake School

From the recording

They use all the colors individually, as a different shade on a different part of the paper. We are all that different shade of a color on that paper.

Brielle Lubin

About this episode

Recorded when Brielle Lubin was an eighth grader at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles, this was the youngest voice of the day. She led two affinity clubs at her school and described how she works through disagreement: invite every opinion, even the rude ones, until people feel they contributed. Young people are told they're too young to know anything, she said. Tell them early they can be themselves, or they will learn to assimilate.

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