Naima B. Robert – Join the Claim Your Voice Writing Challenge

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			Assalamu Alaikum and greetings.
		

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			My name is Naima B Robert
		

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			and I am here
		

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			to challenge you.
		

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			Yes you.
		

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			I am here to challenge you to claim
		

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			your voice.
		

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			Now more than ever,
		

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			the world needs to hear from you. The
		

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			world needs your unique voice, your unique message,
		

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			your unique story. And I don't care whether
		

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			you consider yourself a writer, whether you consider
		

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			yourself somebody who's not creative or who doesn't
		

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			have the skill. None of that is important
		

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			to me. What I'm asking you to do
		

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			woman to woman
		

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			is to claim your voice, to step into
		

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			your power
		

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			and claim the written word as your own.
		

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			And how we're gonna do that is from
		

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			the 8th to 18th April,
		

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			we are challenging
		

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			women from around the world to claim their
		

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			voice and commit to writing
		

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			every day for 10 days. Now I know
		

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			one of the things that people always tell
		

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			me is I don't have time to write.
		

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			Oh, the kids work, study and all of
		

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			that. But guess what?
		

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			The best thing about this challenge
		

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			is that I'm asking you to write for
		

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			10 minutes a day.
		

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			Just 10 minutes a day
		

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			for 10 days.
		

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			I will be with you,
		

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			coaching you, supporting you, mentoring you, inspiring you,
		

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			keeping you on track
		

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			because I know
		

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			that if you are able to complete this
		

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			challenge, which I know you will,
		

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			you will see a new side of yourself
		

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			coming out. You will prove something to yourself
		

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			and you will be part of a movement.
		

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			This is a movement.
		

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			This is about you claiming your voice
		

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			and amplifying your voice in a world that
		

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			needs to hear it.
		

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			I hope that you will join in this
		

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			challenge. I hope you will share this video.
		

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			I hope you will tell your friends about
		

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			it and click on the link. Get
		

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			your name down
		

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			and let's make this happen.
		

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			I know this is gonna be a game
		

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			changer for you and the other thousands of
		

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			women who will be joining us from all
		

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			around the world.
		

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			So don't delay. Get your name down and
		

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			I will see you in the week before
		

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			8th so we can get ready.