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I am now going to introduce the president of the Women's Law Society at Roger Williams University School of Law Andrea Stalin and she will announce the winners of our RBG essay and artwork contest um Andrea grew up in Boulder Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado B currently Andrea serves as a Justice for All development editor of the Roger Williams University law review and serves as the president for the Women's Law Society additionally she's a student board member of the island women's Bar Association throughout her three years of law school Andrea has held several internship and externship positions including with Chief Judge John McConnell of the United States district court for the District of Rhode Island The Honorable Justice Long of the island Supreme Court Rhode Island Legal Services the Committee for Public Council services and Moses and Ryan she has not been busy at all Andrea will graduate in May and has accepted a Judicial clerkship with the trial court in Rhode Island so thanks every good evening and thank you Jody it's my pleasure to introduce the winners of the RBG K through2 essay contest these students submitted artworker essays illustrating how Ruth Bader Ginsburg has inspired them we'll start off with the high school winner Avery bla who's in nth grade at Mount St Charles Academy Avery would you like to come up to the podium and read your essay I stand on the starting line at the track at New Balance in Boston overwhelmed a freshman girl running up against 12 Varsity Boys preparing to run as hard as I can Ruth Bader Ginsburg the notorious RBG probably felt a similar feeling to the one that I feel In This Moment a young woman paired against those who are mentally my equals but physically Superior it's overwhelming maximally infuriating she must have felt the nervous pressure weighing down on her chest ch ing impossible standards but determined for an equal chance as any other man had How could a young Jewish teenager growing up in a close-minded 1940s Society with Twisted idealistic and unrealistic expectations on what it meant to be a woman she grew through education using it as a weapon in a male-dominated profession becoming the well-renowned justice that we know in other today she was able to rise above the scrutiny of a young woman abandoning the idea of a nuclear family for Harvard Law in later Columbia where she graduated first in her class she became a top student in her 1954 Cornell class all this success without the support of her older sister and mother whom she lost before graduating in high school attorney Bader Ginsburg challenged the letter of law winning five major Supreme Court sex discrimination cases when she was the project litigator for ACLU she impacted the world that I live in she allowed marginalized people to be spoken for and was an advocate for equal rights she impacted the rights I have even before sitting on the Supreme Court she allowed she knew how it felt to be looked down and expected less of all because of the fact she had ovaries Ruth Bader Ginsburg The columia Graduate one of America's most renowned feminists was once a 14-year-old girl all this because she had the same will to chase the same chances that were afforded to men RBG once said when I'm sometimes asked when there will be enough women on the Supreme Court bench I say when there are nine people are shocked but there'd be nine men and nobody would ever raised a question about that she was once me to me RBG is a goal she is an inspiration and a hero who paved the way for the next generation of Americans no matter the gender or race everyone shares a responsibility to protect the Constitution all of the rights reflected in it my feet lift off the track and I begin failure was not an option for her so it will never be an option for me either thank you thank you Avery next our Middle School winner is Ree Loreno a sixth grader from segue Institute for learning reys would you like to come up and read your essay why don't you s right here find some things you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you that is the famous quote of a woman named Joe R Ginsburg who was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court born March 15th 1933 she led the fight against gender discrimination and successfully argued six cases before the US Supreme Court Ruth P Ginsburg was a passionate woman who fought for equality and justice and is remembered for her path pathbreaking opinions on major issues such as livid Rights Voting Rights and healthare she believed that all people should have equal rights but her work to achieve equal rights for women was the focus of her career in the 1979 case she challenged the notion that girls were less fit to serve from Ginsburg explained in 2009 Liv belong in all places where decisions are being made including juries it shouldn't be that livid are the exception he also championed these five laws to support gender equality equal Play Act Title IX the pregnancy Discrimination Act the fa of Medical Leave Act and liily Lead better Fair Pay Act this this inspired me because soon at my school I will be a sixth grade Community leader and the braver Ginsburg had as leader is like an example for what I have to achieve in one Community leaders are students who are selected to be the voice of the students and speak for the students and what they all as a collective believe in gburg has show me what you need to be able to do in order could be successful in the role as a leader another way she was an inspiration is the fact that even though she was sick with colon cancer she kept working at the as at the Supreme Court re Ben Ginsburg had her first experience with cancer in 1999 when the doctors discovered colon cancer at an early stage by accident because of an unrelated abdominal infection 10 years later she was undergoing regular screenings doctors discovered pancreatic cancer and removed part of a pancreas and a spleen this is is inspiring because although she was sick she never stopped fighting for what she believed in and what she thought was better for the world it tells me that even if something bad is going on in my life I should still be true to my rules Community leader in conclusion Ruth b Ginsburg has inspired me and the entire world with her bravery and perseverance although she's not with with us anymore She'll always be remembered for her accomplishments to make the world a better place Ruth b Ginsburg is such an inspiration on people who will take over roles as types of leaders including me taking off the roles Comm leader to me she's a symbol of Hope and perseverance and and just inspires me to keep pushing on [Applause] thank you reys and last but not least winner bagen vuran a fifth grader from Woodridge Elementary School do you like to come up equality for for all people rof B Jinx bird inspired me because she fought to change old laws that treated men and women unfairly real change introducing change happens step one step at a time wom belong all places where digestion are being made it shouldn't be that woman are the expectation [Applause] thank you all for your submissions to the RBG essay contest we truly love looking over all the submissions each year and I want to thank the Women's Law Society for all they did not only to support the RBG contest in the voting but also to support this event so thank you I'm going to pass it back over to jod to close out our evening congratulations to our winners that was lovely thank you so much for all the school children who participated um I really enjoyed hearing your essays and seeing the drawing that's so wonderful um I would just like to quickly acknowledge the hard work of a few people who made this event possible including Chelsea Horn of which nothing would be possible without her here at the law school um the members of our will steering committee and of course our generous sponsors um and of course Professor sa and director haalo thank you so much for joining us tonight this is we have a reception just outside immediately following right here in the atrium so please join us for some food and for drink and thank you all so much for coming