"Making a difference in the world doesn’t come without its share of controversy."  

In 2011, Shields made the award winning and controversial anti-bullying short film, "Love Is All You Need?" about a young girl falling in love with a boy within a gay world and her punishment for being different. The film became a cultural sensation and went viral across the world. Young teens showed it to their parents, encouraging tolerance, teachers in schools used it as an educational tool and it was translated over 50 different languages. 

As the short continued to spread, it was quickly adapted as by educators across the country as a conversation starter in classrooms to discuss bullying and discrimination. However, in some schools, it created controversy. In 2014, Jeremy Rhoden angered members of his local Florida community for showing the short in his classroom in Palatka High School - and was put on administrative leave. Shields traveled to support Rhoden at a public hearing and defended the mission of the film against a local pastor that claimed the film was 'the militant sodomite agenda.' Two years later in Kansas city - the same story played out again: this time garnering national press attention when Tom Leathy showed it to his Jr High class and was subsequently asked to resign. Again Shields intervened - and like the Florida incident - all charges were dropped.