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Albany, CA recently lowered its voting age to 16, adding a third state with a municipal voting age of 16

Photo still of me shortly after my lecture to attending youth in the parlor of the Centre Congregational Church on Nov. 16, 2024. Photo courtesy of Brattleboro Community TV. We just wrapped up the Youth Vote Awareness Day here in Brattleboro moments ago, getting coverage from one of the local stations, speaking to one ofContinue reading “Youth Vote Awareness Day in Brattleboro, Vermont- Complete!!”

A view of the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth. It is home to a multi-national congregation of astronauts from across the world who now call space their second home(Photo courtesy of NASA). Last month, I had written about the eclipse around the time I was forming a panel for the Frontiers ofContinue reading “Voting- In Space?”

A photo of the recent total solar eclipse from April of this year. Predicting efforts to lower the voting age just might be more easier thanks to the recent momentum & victories the concept has had in other global democracies as well as local efforts here in the United States. Some opportunities come once inContinue reading “Eclipses & Empowering Youth”

After the panel I moderated last month in Boston, the support for lowering the national voting age & the movement continues to grow. I recently met with the newly installed executive director of Vote16USA, who has expressed interest in working with several additional organizations, including some who collaborated with me in Boston, on a newContinue reading “Lowering The Voting Age Efforts – 2024”

So this weekend, specifically on June 15th, I wrapped up my participation in this year’s Frontiers of Democracy Conference.

A simple title from a news website. I don’t often do personal stories, but this one’s important. Many people don’t know this, but besides working on lowering the voting age to 16, I’m also a national vaccine advocate. Not only have I been advocating for vaccine health, but I’ve also spoken to the FDA, CDCContinue reading “A PH.D- at 16”

Pictured above is my registration badge from last year’s Frontiers of Democracy Conference in Boston. This June, we’re returning a year later to finish the job. This year is the first full post-pandemic year. Since the end of the Pandemic Health Emergency(PHE) last May, we have seen an effort to return to the routine- bothContinue reading “Let’s Finish the Job in 2024”