14
year old Nigerian-America filmmaker and writer, Zuriel Oduwole has met with
the US Secretary of State, John Kerry.
Zuriel
Oduwole is popular for her education advocacy campaign and for being the
youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced and self-edited work among other
achievements.
Sharing
photos from her visit, Zuriel wrote,
"Met
John Kerry - US Secretary of State. Happy New year to you all and hope you had
a Merry and Safe Christmas. I am just so very, very thankful to the LORD for
where he is taking me and what he wants to do in the lives of the youth of this
world today. I just met with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry in his
office in Washington DC. Some of you might think so, you've already met 23
World Leaders and recently spoke at the UN. This is very different. Secretary
Kerry's decisions affects the whole worlds foreign and economic policy. And
next to President Obama, he is the most visible member of the US Government
leadership. The whole world knows who he is. What's so cool is we talked about
Girls Education, and all the State Department has done the last 4 years on this
serious topic. Like me, he believes if all people in a society are included,
especially Girls and Women, then that society does much better. I believe that
so much. That's another reason I am teaching young children some basic film
making skills, so they can add to their society's development. We all can do
something very small, to empower others, or encourage others. I truly believe
so"
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