Interview with Deborah Olatunji, author, Unleashing Your Innovative Genius #172

Deborah Olatunji is an accomplished writer, poet, activist, friend, and high school student. As the Founder and president of her own social venture, the Student Leadership Initiative Program, she and her peers help students in her school to navigate their interests and passions through a mentorship-fueled organization. Based in Delaware, SLIP has other branches in the state and the continental United States such as Georgia and more to come. She is intensely passionate about being a disrupter and catalytic force in the education system. Deborah is also one of nine board members nationwide for a youth-driven, New York-based non-profit organization called GripTape. Their mission is to give youth decision-making control over what and how they learn with small grants to pursue a topic they’re passionate about and a Champion to encourage them along the way. She has been serving since June 2018. Deborah wrote this book because of her strong desire for students to realize and actualize their power. By power, she is referring to the beauty of autonomy and accessibility of resources to propel students’ futures forward *faster*. Her interest in reforming education kicked off in the spring of 2018 when she noticed that many of her classmates, herself included, had a misleading view of what it meant to genuinely enjoy learning and personally invest in our futures. While her goal to form activist groups to protest the current state of education in America has been shelved for the time being, Deborah felt it extremely necessary to write a book that spoke directly to high school students because the makers of the school laws rarely reach out and consider their input.Learn more: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unleashing-your-innovative-genius-by-deb-olatunji/x/22138181#/; https://twitter.com/Deb_Olatunji; https://www.facebook.com/deboraholatunji2020; https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-olatunji/; https://www.instagram.com/deb_olatunji/?hl=en; https://deboraholatunji.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/delawareblogger/messageSupport the showIf  you are ready to start a podcast and need assistance, please send an email to [email protected] and you can find and follow me on all my social media platforms at https://linktr.ee/ablakeenterprises