Afghan activist Nargis Azaryun speaks at AMENDS summit

Nargis Azaryun, a WELDD workshop participant from Kabul, Afghanistan, recently founded Road to Equality and Development (RED) to organize film clubs, poetry nights, festivals and campaigns that bring together Afghan youth to see the strength in their diversity and enhance their cultural confidence.

The talk was part of the second annual American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford (AMENDS) summit at Stanford University. AMENDS is a student initiative that brings together the most promising youth change agents from across the Middle East, North Africa, and United States to learn from each other, connect with global leaders and resources, and share, through TED style talks, their ideas and experiences with the world.