Melissa Leigh Snowden

I'm here because I want to connect, learn, and innovate. I am a:

★ project leader for scholastic book fairs elementary + preschool marketing materials

★ secretary board member for the women playwrights' initiative, a regional organization that promotes representation of females and girls in the development and production of plays
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Volunteering enables me to give back to some of the communities that have shaped my worldview.

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

My passions in life include:
☆ world cultures
☆ social progress
☆ women's rights
☆ end of abuse/violence
☆ protection of rights
☆ random acts of riot grrrl !
☆ catharsis through self-expression
☆ intercultural communication
☆ histories of art, architecture, language, religion
☆ poetry

Some works that have impacted my life:
☆ The Diary of Anne Frank
☆ Malcolm X by Spike Lee
☆ Daddy by Sylvia Plath
☆ The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
☆ Eastern art + architecture
☆ Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 by Tracey Emin
☆ Suck My Left One by Bikini Kill
☆ The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
☆ Aunt Jennifer's Tigers by Adrienne Rich