Amnesty International is important to me because it is one of the few organizations that gives student leaders real tools and a real platform on which to enact change. It's respects and values that opinions of its student base, and empowers us to push forward for what we believe in.TV “A lot of teens feel like they have to fit in and behave a certain way or else people they consider their friends won’t accept them anymore,” Sierra says. “Monse’s storyline is inspiring because people who are of mixed heritage and in the circumstances she’s in don’t really get a lot of stories [on screen]. They don’t have a lot to pull from. I think they’ll be able to relate to what Monse is going through.” “I want it to herald what I think is the mission of our generation, which is to integrate the diaspora with the continent,” he says. “And for those who don’t directly feel connected to being a descendant of Africa, for them to find wherever they’re from and feel close to their roots.”The follow-up to 2017’sThe Chief There definitely has been improvement in the fashion industry in bringing on more diverse models, but there still is a long way for us to go as an industry to be considered truly diverse. Runways are still predominately white, with the exception of a few high-profile fashion shows. Even for someone like me, growing up in Australia, I rarely saw people of my ethnicity or even skin color sell the clothes that I like to wear.