A capella, free food and candy — signs you’re on a college campus🎓 #ca45 #VoteForOurLives rally
.@davidhogg111 tells the crowd: “There is no generation B, it has to be this generation.” He urged the young people to vote for those who no longer can.
Jackson Hinkle, a 19-year-old candidate for San Clemente city council, took the stage with two other students running for local office and said: “We’re fighting for the existence of our generation” — because of issues like gun violence and the environment.
18-year-old high schooler Carly Shaffer came up from San Diego with her mom and sister, after canvassing this morning. She led her school’s walkout, interned for political campaigns and for her first-ever vote for the primary elections, was first in line at her precinct.
She told me: “I realized my voice wasn’t going to be heard unless I made it heard.” Her sister, 7th-grader Hayley, told me I should take down Carly’s name because she was going to be president some day! 👭
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