Amandla Stenberg: My Authenticity is my Activism

Published: May 29, 2019, 5 a.m.

In a live appearance at UCLA\u2019s Royce Hall, actress, social media disrupter and feminist Amandla Stenberg talks about the importance of vulnerability and finding strength in your identity.\xa0She shares her journey of becoming comfortable with her authentic self and loving who she was born to be. Amandla\u2014who portrayed Rue in\xa0The Hunger Games, Madeline in\xa0Everything, Everything\xa0and Starr in\xa0The Hate U Give\u2014was declared "one of the most incendiary voices of her generation" by Dazed magazine. The\xa0Ms. Foundation for Women\xa0also named Amandla the Feminist Celebrity of the Year in 2015.