Here's the thing.
The world needs more friends.
Did you hear me?
Look cool, with a pen. Yes!
I made a list of some special tips.
To make new friends.
If I can't see you, you can't see me.
You might not know what to say, but get awkward with it!
Yeah!
Get awkward with it, people.
Do the awkward dance.
I'm gonna take this list, go out in the world, and make new friends.
Gotta step up my friend game.
What's your name?
Donna.
Cool, my name's Robby.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
How old are you?
14.
Cool, I'm 12, I'm just... I'm just saying stuff.
I'm just... Saying the questions.
[Mumbling...]
You're older than me.
What advice do you have for me for growing up?
I think you should just be yourself and
don't listen to people who don't accept you for who you are.
Yesss.
That's perfect.
How do you think kids and grown ups
can work together to change the world?
They can work together pretty easily
if grown ups accept that kids can make good decisions
and they should be taken seriously.
Why are you wearing a scarf on your head?
It's because I'm Muslim and my religion tells me to.
But it was also my choice.
I have a religion and it's what I follow but it's not all of me.
Do you ever think you're different because you're Muslim?
Yeah, recently I do feel like
I'm a little different from everybody because I'm Muslim.
Because I recently started wearing the hijab.
And so that kind of made me stand out a little bit more.
But it's not always a bad thing.
I like being different.
Do you ever feel different?
Yeah, for sure.
Several things.
Osteogenesis imperfecta in general.
OI, it causes dwarfism, so everyone is a little bit taller than me.
When we played a sport like dodgeball in school
I was always the last one to get picked on the team.
Because I was always in and out of a wheel chair
most of the time I was in a wheel chair playing dodgeball.
It was fun but I was always the last one to get picked
so that made me feel a little bit different.
I'm not a Muslim but does that mean we can't be friends?
No, of course it doesn't.
I have tons of friends that aren't Muslim.
My religion doesn't define whether we can be friends or not.
And a lot of my Muslim friends we're friends not because we are Muslim.
We're friends just because we're friends.
Finish this sentence. The world would be more awesome if...
If everybody learned to accept each other
even if they're different from each other.
Like the pitchers that do pitch on our team-
Oh are you okay?
Yeah I'm fine!
So it's time to make some new friends!
Quit the judging and get to talking.
Because awkward is the new awesome.
Yeah
Quote me on that.
So who can you make friends with today?
More friends in the world means more... Dancing!
Get awkward with it, people.