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Girl Rising
485 Severnside Drive
Severna Park, MD 21146

6 April 2013

10x10 Campaign
125 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10023

Dear 10x10 Campaign Members,
I am a senior at Severna Park High School. In my Academic Writing class I have recently been assigned a researched paper in which I have decided to write a topic of girls’ education. More specifically, my research paper’s objective is to convey the importance of educating girls in specific areas and countries where such a right is restricted and even denied, and the climatic positive effects girls’ education will bestow on their families and their countries’ economy.
I first heard of the 10x10 campaign movement after my mother saw your film Girl Rising. I was instantly interested in the movement and found the Girl Rising website. After reading about the 10x10 campaign and he individual and unique stories of the girls featured on the film, I was inspired to begin my research in the topic of girls’ education I believe your campaign is exceptional and completely imperative. I am myself a girl, and because of the country I live in which I live in have unlimited access to education so choosing this topic was essential.
I’m writing to you, the 10x10 campaign members, in hopes of acquiring more information of your experiences, personal influences, and mission. Particularly I would like to learn the origins of your mission. What experience led to the start of the 10x10 Campaign? How can high school students like myself, get involved and support the mission? Most importantly, what changes has your campaign already achieved and what is your next goal?
I hope for my research paper to achieve emphasis on the great importance of the girl education cause.

Sincerely,

Grace

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