Gearing Up for Vote16 Efforts in 2026 for California

A group of people sporting an “I Voted” sticker. If we can get more cities in the Golden State to lower the voting age, we’re going to have a few more people being able to show of their sticker. I just came off the last Vote16 virtual call of the year. Let’s just say meContinue reading “Gearing Up for Vote16 Efforts in 2026 for California”

The End of An Era; The Continuation of Another

A photo of Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing up to Donald Trump in 2019. We need more Nancy Pelosi to do this. Not just lowering the voting age to 16, but other things too. (Photo courtesy of the Guardian) On January 6th, former Speaker of the House & congressional representative of District 11, Nancy Pelosi, announcedContinue reading “The End of An Era; The Continuation of Another”

Ten Years In The Making: Vote16CA!

The photo above is from a news station interview I did in August, 2015 in Grand Junction, in western Colorado, where I was a little more than two-thirds of the way back home after starting my walk 2 1/2 months before that on a warm day in May in the heart of New York City.Continue reading “Ten Years In The Making: Vote16CA!”

We Came, We Saw, We Conquered & We Connected!

This is a view of the Morrison Room at the University of California Los Angeles, located at the Faculty Club on campus. This room saw the rebirth of the national, and possible a few state coalitions, movement to lower the voting age to 16. Earlier this month, I had the honor to attend a two-dayContinue reading “We Came, We Saw, We Conquered & We Connected!”

The First National Convening

 UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will be hosting the first ever national convening of supporters who have been working to lower the voting age locally & nationally next month. For the first time ever, a national meet up of supporters who have been working to lower the national voting age to 16 will beContinue reading “The First National Convening”

Third Time’s The Charm

Last year, I along with a team of fellow youth rights advocates from various organizations convened a panel for the second year in a row at the prestigious Frontiers of Democracy Conference held at Tuft’s University each year. The conference theme was combatting violence in our modern era. Our panel talked about the need forContinue reading “Third Time’s The Charm”

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