MUCH
APPRECIATE
IT.
%>>
YOUNG
PEOPLE
ARE
SHOWING UP
%FOR
PROTESTS
AND
FOR
THE
BALLOT
%BOX
AND THEY COULD
PLAY A
HUGE
%ROLE
IN
THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION%ACCORDING
TO A
RECENT
TUFTS
%UNIVERSITY POLL
.
%"HERE AND NOW"
REPORTER MARISA
%WOJCIK
SMOKE
SPOKE
WITH A
MILWAUKEE
%GROUP
THAT
TRAINS YOUTH
O
F
COLOR
%TO BECOME
ORGANIZERS
IN
THEIR
%OWN
COMMUNITIES.
%>>
PARTICULARLY YOUNG
PEOPLE
OF
%COLOR, DO YOU THINK
THEY
GET
%WRITTEN OFF AND
THEY'RE NOT
%BEING
HEARD?
%>>
ABSOLUTELY.
%
I FEEL
IT'S A MAJOR
PROBLEM
IN
%POLITICS.
%YOUNG
PEOPLE, FIRST
I'LL
SAY
%YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
THE
IDEAS, YOU
%KNOW.%WE
HAVE
THE
IDEAS,
THE
%INNOVATION,
THE
CREATIVITY
TO
%CHANGE THINGS.
%WE
KNOW
WHAT WE NEED
BECAUSE
IT
%AFFECTS
US,
RIGHT?
%AND
DESPITE KNOWING ALL
OF
THAT
%AND
HAVING
THE
ABILITY
AND
THE
%POTENTIAL TO
PLAY A
ROL
E
IN
THE
%POLITICS THAT
AFFECT
US,
YOUNG
%
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