Following the release of the girl-power anthem "This Is For My Girls" which she sang with popular artists like Kelly Clarkson, Lea Michelle, Missy Elliott and Kelly Rowland, Zendaya is looking for inspirational women to star in the song's music video.
The actress has teamed up with AOL MAKERS, launching an app that encourages women to open up about their experiences and share theirs stories of empowerment and inspiration in support of Michelle Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative.
Women who want to be part of the "This Is For My Girls" music video just have to download the app and use it to share their stories. The best 50 submissions will be included in the music video, which will be showcased at the United State of Women summit on May 23 in Washington, D.C. Stories may be submitted until April 15, 12 midnight EST.
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"This Is For My Girls" was written by Diane Warren. All proceeds from the song on iTunes will go to the Let Girls Learn Fund of the Peace Corps, funding training for volunteers who want to become agents of change for girls and bring education to their communities.
Obama launched #62milliongirls last year as an initiative to educate many girls around the world who don't have access to learning resources. Let Girls Learn builds upon the program's progress as the next step in the initiative's aim to encourage everyone in the world to continue supporting the effort to ensure that girls receive not only the education they need but what they deserve as well.
MAKERS wrapped up March as Women's History Month with a spotlight on 31 extraordinary women under 31 years old. Some of the women who made the list include: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner; Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino, co-founders of End Rape On Campus; Olivia Rose and Kimora Oliver of Black Girls Code; Ingrid Nilsen, YouTube sensation; and Munira Khalif, who made headlines after being accepted into all eight Ivy League schools.
