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Brave Nation Activist Award Winner
Brave Nation : Cristina Lara is a feminist, a football player, a writer and a straight-A student. Watch her receive the first Brave Nation Activist award.
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Lara started her own organization, Society of Young Leading Women, which is currently awaiting non profit status. She started and edits an underground newspaper in her high school, called Uncensored while also writing for her local newspaper. On top of that. Cristina joined the Fair Lawn High School's football team. She lifted weights with the rest of her all-male players, while having to endure the awful stares and criticism. While her coaches tried to undermine her abilities, Cristina made it clear that she is tough by showing up to every practice, and every game.
She's a feminist, a football player, a writer and a straight-A student and this video shows her receiving the first Brave Nation Activist award from Robert Greenwald and Tom Hayden.
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