Youth activists share how people too young to vote can participate in the election

The 2020 election will massively shape the conditions of the world in which young people grow up, but those who are under 18 are in a unique position: Their future rests on the outcome of the election, yet they can't vote themselves.

"We have to save November to save our planet," Alexandria Villaseñor, a 15-year-old climate justice activist and the founder of Earth Uprising, says. "Climate change is the number one voting issue to young people, and it's because it's going to impact every aspect of our lives." 

Chanté Davis, a 16-year-old involved with the youth-led climate justice organization, the Sunrise Movement, in Houston, Texas feels similarly about the election. "The election is probably one of the most important we're going to encounter in our lives," Davis says, in reference to young people. "While you can't vote, your future is still being affected. Despair and climate anxiety are rampant. Things need to change now."  Read more...

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