GOOD EVENING,
I'M MALORIE
MADDOX.
AND I'M JOHN
KNICELY.
SHE IS THE
WORLD
RENOWNED
SYMBOL FOR
GIRLS
EDUCATION --
MALALA
YOUSAFZAI
SPOKE IN OMAHA
TODAY.
IT WAS THE
GIRLS INC.
ANNUAL
LUNCHEON.
OUR ERIN
MURRAY SHARES
THIS STORY.
09:48:52 "THE
STRONG, SMART
AND BOLD: MALALA."
:03
APPLAUSE AND
EXCITEMENT
FILLED THE
CENTURYLINK
CENTER MONDAY
AS MALALA
YOUSAFZAI TOOK
THE STAGE.
NATS: 09:49:42 THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
THE FEATURED
SPEAKER AT THE
2016 GIRLS INC.
LUNCHEON, HER
MESSAGE WAS
VERY CLEAR.
"T O ENSURE THAT
WE EMPOWER
YOUNG GIRLS. GIVE
THEM A VOICE, GIVE
THEM A PLATFORM,
TO SPEAK OUT AND
TO KNOW THAT THEY
DESERVE THE RIGHT
TO GO TO SCHOOL."
MALALA EVEN
TOOK
QUESTIONS
FROM THREE
GIRLS INC. GIRLS,
SHARING WITH
THEM HER
DREAMS FOR
THE FUTURE.
"I WANT TO BUILD
THIS LIKE ARMY OF
YOUNG GIRLS TO
STAND UP, AND TO
JOIN THIS MISSION,
TO MAKE SURE THEY
BELIEVE IN
THEMSELVES, AND
BELIEVE IN THEIR
VOICE, AND THEY
NEED TO REMIND
WORLD LEADERS
THAT THEY ARE THE
FUTURE AND THAT
WORLD LEADERS
MUST LISTEN TO
THEM."
TO THE GIRLS
INC. DONORS
MALALA WAS
INSPIRING -- BUT
TO THE YOUNG
WOMEN OF GIRLS
INC. SHE WAS
LIFE CHANGING.
"I LEARNED THAT,
NEVER BE AFRAID,
NEVER GIVE UP,
CONQUER YOUR
DREAMS, DO WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO.
DON'T LET ONE
THING JUST BLOW
YOUR SHOT."
"I THINK IT IS REALLY
GREAT TO BE
EMPOWERED BY
OTHER WOMEN, AND
LIKE THE ONES
YOUR AGE, AND THE
ONES YOU CAN
LOOK UP TOO."
A NOBEL PEACE
PRIZE WINNER,
BUT ALSO A 19
YEAR-OLD GIRL.
GIRLS INC.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR SAYS
THE CLOSE AGE
DIFFERENCE
REALLY HELPED
THE GIRLS
CONNECT.
"A TEEN GIRL WAS
COURAGEOUS, A
TEEN GIRL CHANGED
THE WORLD. AND
THAT GIVES THEM
INSPIRATION FOR
THEMSELVES AND
THEIR OWN
ABILITIES."
A RARE
EXPERIENCE THE
GIRLS INC GIRLS
WON'T SOON
FORGET.
10:14:09 NATS: "THIS
HAS BEEN LIKE ONE
OF THE BEST DAYS
EVER."
WITH
PHOTOGRAPHER
M-H DENKER,
ERIN MURRAY
WOWT SIX NEWS.
