By — Leah Clapman Leah Clapman By — Thaisi Da Silva Thaisi Da Silva Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/malala-your-courage-has-inspired-us Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Malala, your courage has inspired us Education Oct 11, 2013 4:10 PM EDT A year after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while coming home from school, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai has brought her campaign for education, especially for girls in all regions of the world, to the U.S. On Friday, Malala answered a question from 12-year-old Renee Matsuda of Maui Waena Intermediate School in Hawaii. The school is part of the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs network. Students from Kansas City, Mo., Searcy, Ark., Belcourt, N.D., Black River Falls, Wis., Richwood, W.V., York, S.C., Newark, N.J., Maui, Hawaii, Seattle, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Missoula, Mont., Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Shenandoah, Iowa, all participated. Here are their questions. The students also created personal video messages for Malala, thanking her for inspiring them, and even composing a song in her honor. Watch all those below: This video was produced by Michaela Gornick from Sentinel High School in Missoula, Mont. Students from The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia wrote and produced this original song for Malala. Writers/Performers: Emani Smith, James Broadnax, Stephanie Laurency, Brytnee Williams. Video shot by Rachael Slutsky Kim Chexnayder of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Mo., produced this piece. This message was shot and edited by the students of Black River Falls High School in Black River Falls, Wis. Participating students include: Tyler Leadholm, Allix Ayesh, Matthew Bronsdon, Sheena Voge, Madelyn Hoffman, Christy Aleckson, Devin Newby, Katherine Malchow, Joel Kinder, Riley Rios, Arianna Anderson, Samantha Barnum, Kinzi Macintyre, Brian Gulbronsonand and Jordan Rondorf. Students from Desert Pines High School in Nevada shot and edited this video message for Malala. This message was produced by students from Turtle Mountain Community High School in Belcourt, N.D. Participating students include: Kayla Dionne, Gia Davis, Shania Thomas, Kiana Brunelle, Shaylee Baker, Shelby Marcallais, Summer Beston, Jaren LeBrett, Jerry Allery, Brock Keplin, Lane Day, Tanner Crissler, and Grant Laducer. Video shot by Emmalee Allery. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Leah Clapman Leah Clapman Leah Clapman is Executive Director, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) and Education. She created SRL in 2009 as an experiment to engage middle and high school students with current events and the public media mission to educate and inform. The program has engaged over 35,000 students and won numerous awards including the 2022 Edward R Murrow for the "On Our Minds" youth mental health podcast. Leah manages partnerships with local stations, national and international organizations to bring diverse youth voices into newsrooms, events and digital content innovation initiatives. @lclap By — Thaisi Da Silva Thaisi Da Silva @shespeaksinthai
A year after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while coming home from school, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai has brought her campaign for education, especially for girls in all regions of the world, to the U.S. On Friday, Malala answered a question from 12-year-old Renee Matsuda of Maui Waena Intermediate School in Hawaii. The school is part of the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs network. Students from Kansas City, Mo., Searcy, Ark., Belcourt, N.D., Black River Falls, Wis., Richwood, W.V., York, S.C., Newark, N.J., Maui, Hawaii, Seattle, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Missoula, Mont., Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Shenandoah, Iowa, all participated. Here are their questions. The students also created personal video messages for Malala, thanking her for inspiring them, and even composing a song in her honor. Watch all those below: This video was produced by Michaela Gornick from Sentinel High School in Missoula, Mont. Students from The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia wrote and produced this original song for Malala. Writers/Performers: Emani Smith, James Broadnax, Stephanie Laurency, Brytnee Williams. Video shot by Rachael Slutsky Kim Chexnayder of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Mo., produced this piece. This message was shot and edited by the students of Black River Falls High School in Black River Falls, Wis. Participating students include: Tyler Leadholm, Allix Ayesh, Matthew Bronsdon, Sheena Voge, Madelyn Hoffman, Christy Aleckson, Devin Newby, Katherine Malchow, Joel Kinder, Riley Rios, Arianna Anderson, Samantha Barnum, Kinzi Macintyre, Brian Gulbronsonand and Jordan Rondorf. Students from Desert Pines High School in Nevada shot and edited this video message for Malala. This message was produced by students from Turtle Mountain Community High School in Belcourt, N.D. Participating students include: Kayla Dionne, Gia Davis, Shania Thomas, Kiana Brunelle, Shaylee Baker, Shelby Marcallais, Summer Beston, Jaren LeBrett, Jerry Allery, Brock Keplin, Lane Day, Tanner Crissler, and Grant Laducer. Video shot by Emmalee Allery. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now