Unapologetic.” Angy empowers this generation leading conversations on vulnerability, strength, and community against the repeated injustices from the Trump Administration. When Undocumented Youth Activist Angy Rivera turned to the camera, she stood there for a few seconds displaying her shirt: “Undocumented. We were seen as strong, fierce women of color – we do matter, our words matter, our pain matters, our existence matters. I felt seen in a different way than media constantly tries to show us. As a Punjabi Muslim woman, I found myself tearing up. Amani wore our latest MuslimGirl hat showcasing how words are her weapons of resistance. Amani reminded young Muslims everywhere that she will never back down from the fight for justice and equality. Lilly made way for Amani to take the center, who looked fiercely into the camera. That beautiful gesture was connected to the empowerment goals of her #GirlLove campaign that helped shatter some historic walls on how young girls see each other. Punjabi Youtube Superstar, activist, and #GirlLove Founder, Lilly Singh entered in with her amazing dance skills ending with a kiss blown to the audience. This wasn’t about sexuality, it was about courage and resistance. The cameos kept pouring in with every shape, age, culture, race, religion, and personality. The first introduction was Camila Cabello, a Cuban American who openly discussed accepting a teacher’s incorrect version of her name because she was too shy to correct her. As you observed him throughout the video, you could see that Adam acknowledged his male privilege and knew when to step out of the center. There was such rawness and vulnerability with him in the center of the room. The soft guitar hit your heart in a different way than his other songs. This was about activists – powerful and strong women – ordinary women being revolutionary. This was different, it wasn’t about epic collaborations and which celebrities are trending on twitter. Music today feels like the same beat, same song, same artists.

I kept hearing “Girls Like You” reinforced with every new beat. At first, I could not tell you what other words were in it. I kept replaying it, shocked that a video like this was actually made and frustrated that I was shocked. I had goosebumps feeling so connected to a song just by visuals. Watching Maroon 5’s video had a lot of people speechless. Did that just happen? So much resilience in one video?

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