High school club idea

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Hi everyone,

So I’m a sophomore in high school and trying to boost up my extracurriculars. I’m thinking of starting a club for feminist and political issues in the Middle East, because I’m an Iranian-American young woman and the topic is very pertinent to current issues. I was thinking of doing different awareness and charity projects relating to the muslim ban, female education, genital mutilation, and others. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to refine this idea, please let me know.

This is a topic I feel really strongly about, and I think it could help my chances of getting into a good college. So, if anyone has any ideas on how to tailor this idea into the type of “service / leadership” type of extracurricular that colleges love, please let me know as well!!

Thanks! Greatly appreciated.

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Check out “Girl Up”
Program run by the United Nations, a girl at my school started a chapter last year.

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It would seem that using a program like Girl Up that would have some support in how to start it up and run it would be useful.

How many other students would be interested in feminist and political issues in the Middle East?

Would it be better to advertise it as a Middle Eastern Culture Club…i can see where “Hey join a club where we discuss genital mutilation” is off putting. But if you include food and culture and movies and yes, political topics that might be more palatable.