Teri Lee Thompson — Author, Advocate, Speaker

Community & Youth Advocacy

Teri’s youth work responds before crisis—with trusted mentorship, stronger self-esteem, practical skills, mental-health resources, and room to imagine a future worth choosing.

Justice Redefined™

Justice Redefined™ is Teri’s early-intervention and youth-support initiative, created to equip girls and teens with practical tools to overcome adversity and thrive.

Its work connects literacy, technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, culturally responsive mentorship, and access to mental-health resources.

Imagine Me

For girls ages six through nine, with a focus on reading, technology, positive self-image, and the confidence to imagine more.

G.L.O.

Grow. Lead. Overcome. A program for preteen and teen girls building literacy, technology, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills.

Program details and organizational status are presented for informational purposes. Justice Redefined™ is not described here as a tax-exempt organization.

Girls Who Rise book standing upright

Girls Who Rise

Girls Who Rise is a book and growing leadership platform designed to help girls recognize their strengths, navigate challenges, and lead with confidence and purpose—with resources for the adults who support them.

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Community service and mentorship.

Service is part of the same throughline: helping young people build voice, skill, confidence, and access.

Supporter · Oyedeji, Nigeria

Oyedeji Grammar School

Support for young scholars in a rural community where some girls miss school because their families cannot afford necessary menstrual products.

Support the students

Board service · Montgomery, Alabama

Children’s Museum of Montgomery

Service supporting a museum designed to inspire young minds through hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

Volunteer coach

Spelman College Speech and Debate

Coaching students on a nationally recognized team as they strengthen research, argument, confidence, and public voice.

Coach and mentor

Spelman College Mock Trial

Training pre-law students in trial skills—from opening statements through cross-examination—and preparing them for competition.

Former CASA volunteer

Court-Appointed Special Advocate

Serving foster children in the DeKalb County Juvenile Court and helping ensure their voices were represented.