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>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR

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JOINING US.

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YOUNG ADULTS TODAY FACE A

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DAUNTING SET OF CHALLENGES.

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THE JOB MARKET IS WEAK.

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THE COST OF COLLEGE HAS SKY

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ROCKETED AND CHILD CARE AND

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE OUT OF

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REACH FOR MANY.

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YET LESS THAN A THIRD OF ADULTS

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IN AUSTIN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18

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AND 29 VOTED IN THE LAST

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

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TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT

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WHY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

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FUNDING FOR CIVIC SUMMIT IS

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PROVIDED BY WELLS FARGO BANK.

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WHERE YOU'LL FIND A WIDE RANGE

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OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP

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YOU TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR

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FINANCES AND BANKS TO HELP YOU

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FIND ONE THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS.

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WELLS FARGO, TOGETHER WE'LL GO

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FAR.

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[APPLAUSE]

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>> WELCOME TO WHY BOTHER?

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VOICES OF A NEW GENERATION, THE

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FIRST IN A SERIES OF COMMUNITY

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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHY TEXAS

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HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES OF

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CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE

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COUNTRY.

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THIS SERIES IS SPONSORED BY KUT,

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KLRU, AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS

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INSTITUTE FOR CIVIC LIFE.

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MY NAME IS ANN BEASON AND I'M

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WITH THE ANNETTE STRAUSS

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INSTITUTE.

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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY CIVIC

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PARTICIPATION AND CIVIC

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ENGAGEMENT?

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THE TERMS INCLUDE A BROAD RANGE

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OF ACTIVITIES FROM VOLUNTEERING

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AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO VOTING

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AND LOBBYING ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON

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WHY SO FEW YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE.

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LET'S BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF

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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOUTH

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ENGAGEMENT TRENDS HERE IN

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AUSTIN.

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>> TURNOUT IS HIGHLY CORRELATED

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WITH HOME OWNERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL

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ATTAINMENT, AND TO SOME DEGREE

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RACE.

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST

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TYPICAL VOTER IS A WHITE

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HOMEOWNER WHO HAS A BACHELOR'S

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DEGREE OR MORE.

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THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE

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BETWEEN THE ELECTORATE FOR

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, LIKE THE

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ONE WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE, AND THE

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ELECTORATE FOR A MUNICIPAL

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ELECTION, LIKE THE ONE THAT WE

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HAD IN -- IN MAY.

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THE MAPS THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME

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THIS AFTERNOON ARE MY STANDARD

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PRODUCT AFTER A CITY COUNCIL

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I MAP TWO THINGS.

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NOT SO MUCH HOW ONE CANDIDATE

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DID AGAINST ANOTHER, BUT WHAT

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WAS THE TURNOUT AT THE PRECINCT

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LEVEL, BOTH IN TERMS OF PERCENT,

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IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH OF

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THE -- OF THE BASE OF REGISTERED

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AND THEN ALSO ABSOLUTE TURNOUT,

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TILTED, AND IT'S TILTED VERY,

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CRESCENT, TURNOUT IN SOME

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REGISTERED VOTERS, AND NOT TO

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SPRINGS HAS GOT NOTORIOUSLY LOW

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TURNOUT, AGAIN, THIS IS

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REGISTERED VOTERS.

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IT'S NOT SIMPLY A FUNCTION OF

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CITIZEN, NONCITIZEN.

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EAST RIVERSIDE, THAT'S WHERE YOU

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REALLY BEGIN TO GET A REALLY

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INTERESTING MIX WHERE YOU HAVE

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STILL LOTS OF STUDENTS,

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INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANT

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AND YOU GET A LABOR HOUSEHOLDS.

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AND THEN -- AND THEN TO SOME

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DEGREE, CERTAINLY WITH THE

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STUDENT, SOME MIDDLE, UPPER

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MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTS, SO

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ANYWAY, EAST RIVERSIDE

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COLLECTION, THEY DON'T -- YOU

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KNOW, THAT DOESN'T VOTE AT ALL.

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AND AGAIN, I DON'T -- NOW,

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AGAIN, I WANT TO QUALIFY THIS,

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BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SOUND

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NEGATIVE, SIMPLY NOT

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PARTICIPATING IN MUNICIPAL

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ELECTION, THE TURNOUT IS LIKE

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NIGHT AND DAY.

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DOVE SPRINGS GOES FROM 2% FOR

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MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UP TO 45%

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FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

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SO THAT TO ME IS WHAT -- WHAT

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THIS MAP SERIES SHOWS IS THIS --

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IS THIS SORT OF ENTRENCHED

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I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A

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PROBLEM WITH YOUNG PEOPLE NOT

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CARING.

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I BELIEVE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH

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ADULTS NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS.

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FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I TALKED TO

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STUDENTS, MANY OF THEM HAVE

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NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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EVER MEET A LOCAL ELECTED

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OFFICIAL.

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FOR A YOUNG PERSON WHO WANTS TO

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ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS, THEY HAVE

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TO BE VERY DIRECTED AND VERY

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MOTIVATED THEMSELVES.

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I BELIEVE WE SHOULD FLIP THAT.

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I BELIEVE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, ALL

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STUDENTS SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO

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THE PROCESS.

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WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOMETHING THAT

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WE CALL THE PUSH-UP EFFECT,

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WHICH IS THAT WHEN A YOUNG

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PERSON TAKES INTEREST, IN A

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RACE, ESPECIALLY A LOCAL RACE,

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THAT THAT INFLUENCES THEIR

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PARENTS, THEIR UNCLES, THEIR

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AUNTS, THEIR GRANDPARENTS TO BE

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ENGAGED IN THAT RACE AS WELL.

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WE IDENTIFIED THAT DURING A

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RECENT BOND ELECTION, BOND

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ELECTION TYPICALLY HAVE

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OUTRAGEOUSLY LOW VOTER TURNOUT.

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TO MAYBE 1%.

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WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE STARTED TO GET

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INVOLVED IN THE BOND ELECTION TO

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SAY WHY THEY WERE FOR BOND

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MEASURES OR SKEPTICAL ABOUT

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OTHERS, AN ENCOURAGE THEIR

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COMMUNITY, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR

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UNCLES, THEIR AUNTS TO TAKE

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INTEREST IN THAT, AND ACTUALLY

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BOOSTED VOTER TURNOUT RATES

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HIGHER THAN WHAT THE EXPECTATION

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WAS, YOUNG PEOPLE DO CARE.

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THEY JUST NEED TO BE SHOWN WHAT

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THE CONNECTION IS BETWEEN VOTING

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AND THEIR OWN PARTICULAR

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INTERESTS AND THE INTERESTS OF

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THEIR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

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>> WITH THAT FOOD FOR THOUGHT,

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WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR REFLECTIONS

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ON WHY SO FEW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE

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ENGAGED.

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WE HAVE THREE WONDERFUL

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COMMUNITY LEADERS UP HERE TO

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HELP US GET THE CONVERSATION

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GOING, AND THEN WE WANT TO HEAR

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FROM ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.

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FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE

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PAULINA SOSA, A STUDENT HERE AT

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND SHE

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING AS AN

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INTERN?

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SENATOR CORNYN'S OFFICE, AND

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SHE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN -- AND

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VERY ACTIVE IN A GLOBAL ANTI

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POVERTY CAMPAIGN CALLED THE ONE

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CAMPAIGN.

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PAULINA, YOU'RE ORIGINALLY FROM

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BROWNSVILLE, AND I WOULD LOVE

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FOR YOU TO START THE

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CONVERSATION BY TELLING US A

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LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE

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GROWING UP IN THE RIO GRANDE

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VALLEY AND WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO

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GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

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THANK YOU, ANN.

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SO AS ANN MENTIONED, I DID GROW

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UP IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, DOWN

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IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, AND TO

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BE HONEST, THE POLITICAL

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ATMOSPHERE IS SIMPLY PUT VERY

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MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT IS HERE

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IN AUSTIN.

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I GREW UP WITH THE BELIEF THAT

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MY OPINION REALLY DID NOT

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I GREW UP WITH THE PRESUMPTION

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THAT IF I WANTED TO GET ENGAGED

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IN ANY WAY POLITICALLY, IT

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REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT

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OR IMPACT, NOT ONLY ON ME, BUT

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ON -- ON THE CITY ITSELF.

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SO ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH IN MY --

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SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WE JUST -- WE

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NEVER WERE EDUCATED ON -- ON HOW

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YOU COULD BE POLITICALLY ENGAGED

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AND HOW YOU COULD REALLY MAKE A

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DIFFERENCE IF YOU WERE

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POLITICALLY ACTIVE.

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AND SO THIS REMAINED THE CASE

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UNTIL I ONE DAY REALIZED THAT

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THERE WAS REAL POVERTY HAPPENING

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ACROSS THE BORDER IN MEXICO.

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BROWNSVILLE IS LITERALLY LIKE A

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TEN-MINUTE WALK FROM MEXICO, I

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MEAN IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE

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BORDER, AND I HAD TRAVELED TO A

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MEXICAN LANDFILL AND HAD SEEN

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REAL EXTREME POVERTY FOR THE

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FIRST TIME, AND WHEN I SAW THIS,

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I -- I WAS REALLY DISHEARTENED

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BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT

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THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO AS

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A 13-YEAR-OLD AT THE TIME ABOUT

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THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, AND ABOUT

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THIS PARTICULAR EXTREMITY.

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AND I TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT

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BACK IN MY HOME TOWN, I TALKED

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ABOUT IT WITH PEOPLE IN MY

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SCHOOL.

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SHRUGS LIKE, OH, OKAY, THAT'S

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BAD.

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BUT I SOON REALIZED IF I REALLY

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WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT

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THIS PASSION, IF I REALLY WANTED

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TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND GET

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PEOPLE ACTIVE AND GET MY CITY

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ACTIVE, ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS

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TALK TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS

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AND IT SEEMED VERY INTIMIDATING

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AT FIRST, AND IT WAS, ESPECIALLY

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AS A TEEN-AGER IN HIGH SCHOOL,

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BUT I -- I MADE THAT STEP

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FORWARD, AND SURE ENOUGH, AFTER

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TALKING TO MY CITY, MY COUNTY

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AND EVEN MY STATE ELECTED

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OFFICIALS, I GOT THE CITY ON

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BOARD WITH FIGHTING THE CAUSE OF

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EXTREME POVERTY, NOT ONLY IN

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MEXICO, BUT MORE INTENSELY IN

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BROWNSVILLE, SO IT WAS AMAZING

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TO KIND OF SEE THAT

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TRANSFORMATION POLITICALLY.

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>> THANKS SO MUCH, PAULINA.

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I NOW WANT TO INTRODUCE DARIAN

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BORDERS WHO HAS ALSO A VERY

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INTERESTING STORY TO SHARE WITH

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US AND PERSPECTIVE TO SHARE WITH

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US.

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DARIAN IS STUDYING PHYSICAL

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THERAPY AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY

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COLLEGE AND HE IS ALSO A SPOKEN

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WORD ARTIST HERE IN AUSTIN,

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INVOLVED WITH A HIP HOP PROJECT

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THAT ENGAGES YOUNG PEOPLE USING

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MUSIC AND CULTURE.

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AND DARIAN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT

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ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN

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YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE

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PROJECT.

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>> WELL, THE PROJECT HAS A LOT

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TO DO WITH HIP HOP AND RAISING

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AWARENESS THROUGH HIP HOP,

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THROUGH MUSIC, SO I GUESS IT

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CAME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS

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JUST A TOPIC, A CAUSE THAT WE

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CHOSE TO SPEAK ON, AND I GUESS

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MOVING TOWARD SPEAKING IT FOR

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US, THIS ISSUE, I WASN'T GETTING

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A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE, OR

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FEEDBACK FROM MY PEERS, AND MY

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NEIGHBORHOOD, OR, YOU KNOW,

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QUESTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR,

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YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK

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ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS -- THIS

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WHOLE ELECTION, YOU KNOW, I'D

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GET LIKE PAULINA'S SHRUGS, YOU

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KNOW, LIKE I DON'T REALLY CARE,

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LIKE RESPONSES THAT WERE LIKE,

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YOU KNOW, DO YOU CARE, OR, YOU

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KNOW -- I GUESS IT CAME ABOUT

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JUST, YOU KNOW, AS THE YOUTH

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SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, ON A WHOLE

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'NOTHER LEVEL, NOT BEING VULGAR,

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NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL

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RADIO MUSIC THAT -- THAT WE'RE

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ALL EXPOSED TO.

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IT JUST -- IT JUST HELPED A LOT

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ONCE WE BROUGHT IT TO A LOT OF

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YOUTH ATTENTION.

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I FEEL LIKE THERE IS WORK TO BE

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DONE.

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>> UH-HUH.

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AND WHAT DO YOU HEAR LIKE NOW

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FROM YOUR PEERS IN YOUR

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COMMUNITY ABOUT VOTING AND WHY

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THEY AREN'T VOTING?

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>> WELL, PERSONALLY -- I

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LITERALLY HAVE FRIENDS WHO

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ARE -- AREN'T -- AREN'T ABLE TO

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VOTE, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE THEY

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MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FELONY,

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OR, YOU KNOW, OR THEY JUST --

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THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW,

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COMPUTER ACCESS SOMETIMES TO

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EVEN KNOW THERE'S AN ELECTION

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GOING ON, YOU KNOW, OR SIMPLE

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MATERIAL THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE,

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YOU KNOW.

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I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THIS

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IS -- THIS ISN'T GOING TO

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MATTER.

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WHAT IS -- WHAT IS MY DECISION

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TO THIS HUGE TOPIC.

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>> UH-HUH.

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AND DO YOU SEE ELECTED OFFICIALS

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IN YOUR COMMUNITY VERY OFTEN

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TALKING TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE?

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>> COMING OUT OF EAST AUSTIN, I

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-- I'VE NEVER SEEN NO -- NO --

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WHAT I CONSIDER OFFICIAL, NOT --

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NOT EVEN RUNNING INTO SOMEBODY

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AT THE LIBRARY OR, YOU KNOW, THE

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GROCERY STORE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT

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THERE -- THEY AREN'T AROUND, YOU

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KNOW.

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>> UH-HUH, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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>> ME PERSONALLY, I DO BELIEVE

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IF I WERE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I

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KNOW IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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IT WOULD HAVE A HUGE AFFECTION

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ON, YOU KNOW, MY KNOWLEDGE OF,

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YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WHAT'S GOING

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ON IN THE FIRST PLACE, OH, IT'S

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GOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING FOR

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THIS TYPE STUFF.

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>> UH-HUH.

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SURE.

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>> THANKS.

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WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN?

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>> RIGHT.

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RIGHT [CHUCKLING] SO IT WOULD

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HAVE BEEN A SMART KEY IN THIS

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HUGE TOPIC, BUT, YEAH, IT

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DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE MADE A

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DIFFERENCE.

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>> UH-HUH.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DARIAN.

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I KNOW WANT TO BRING JEANNIE

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INTO THE CONVERSATION.

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JEANNIE IS A LONG TIME LEADER

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HERE IN AUSTIN EDUCATION.

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SHE'S CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL OF

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THE ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR

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YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS, AN JEANNIE,

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YOU'RE AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE ALL

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DAY, SO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT

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YOU HEAR AND OBSERVE THAT COULD

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HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY SO FEW

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YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO

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VOTE ONCE THEY TURN 18.

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>> THANKS, ANN.

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>> UH-HUH.

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>> SO THE SCHOOL IS A UNIQUE

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PART OF THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT

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SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT HAS ONLY

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GIRLS AND WE HAVE GRADES 6

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THROUGH 12.

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THIS YEAR OUR FIRST SENIOR CLASS

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AND THEY'RE OF COURSE ALL GOING

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TO COLLEGE AND SOME OF THEM ARE

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READY TO VOTE.

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AND WHAT I HEAR FROM THEM IS

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SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR ABOUT A

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LOT OF DOUBLE SPEAKING AND BACK

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STABBING AND BROKEN PROMISES

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FROM OUR POLITICIANS, AND ALSO

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THEY ARE FEELING UNINFORMED, AND

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I MET AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO

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SAID -- WHO IS VERY AVID ABOUT

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VOTING-- REGISTERING VOTERS AND

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HE WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

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TEXAS, AND HE WAS TRYING TO GET

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDENTS TO

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REGISTER TO VOTE AND TWO UT

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STUDENTS SAID WELL, I JUST DON'T

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KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO

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VOTE, HE TRIED TO DISABUSE HIM

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OF THIS NOTION, BUT I DO THINK

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VERY MUCH WE ARE AN UNINFORMED

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PUBLIC AND WE NEED TO CRITICALLY

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THINK TO PROBLEM SOLVE, BUT THAT

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IS JUST THAT GENERAL STATEMENT,

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BUT AS FAR AS OUR SCHOOL IS

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CONCERNED, I HAVE AN OBSERVATION

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THAT I -- THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE

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VALID, BUT REMEMBER WHEN WE USED

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TO READ HARRY POTTER BOOKS AND

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THERE WAS A LOT OF HOPE AND --

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AND EVEN THOUGH HARRY POTTER HAD

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TO FIGHT THE EVIL, HE HAD HIS

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GANG AND THERE WAS AN

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ESTABLISHMENT THEY BELIEVED IN

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AND THERE WERE ADULT HEROS, AND

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NOW I SEE OUR GIRLS WHO ARE ALL

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VERY GOOD READERS READING A LOT

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OF BOCHES ABOUT DYSTOPIA AND

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THERE'S ANTI ESTABLISHMENT, AND

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THERE ARE NO HEROS THAT ARE

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ADULTS AND YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE

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TO TAKE ON THE EVIL ALL BY

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YOURSELF, I'M NOT A SOCIOLOGIST

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OR ANTHROPOLOGIST THAT CAN DO

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ANY KIND OF GROUNDED RESEARCH ON

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THAT, BUT IT GIVES ME PAUSE TO

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WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHY THE

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ATTRACTION OF READING SOME VERY,

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VERY DISMAL BOOKS WHERE TRULY

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THE INDIVIDUAL DOES EMERGE AS A

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HERO, BUT HAS TO DO IT ALL BY

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ONE'S SELF.

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SO I DO WONDER IF OUR YOUTH IS

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GETTING SO DISCONNECTED WITH

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WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE OLD ONES,

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THAT THEY HAVE FOUND ANOTHER

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TYPE OF LITERATURE TO READ.

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AND MY HUSBAND REMINDED ME THAT

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WE, OF OUR GENERATION, WE HAVE

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MOVEMENT POLITICS.

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SO WE HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS, AND

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WE HAD THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WE

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HAD THE VIETNAM WAR, AND THAT

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GALVANIZED US TO WORK TOGETHER

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AND TO PROTEST TOGETHER, AND WE

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FOUND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

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SUCCESS.

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>> UH-HUH.

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>> AND SO JUST LOOKING AT OCCUPY

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AUSTIN AND WALL STREET, VERY

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MUCH INSPIRATIONAL, I JUST

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REALLY LOVE THAT MOVEMENT AND I

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LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY EXPOSED

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ALL THE CORRUPTION OF CORPORATE

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AMERICA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

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YOU HAVE TO QUESTION WHETHER OR

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NOT THEY DID ANYTHING TO CHANGE

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THE SYSTEM.

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SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS HAPPEN, AND

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THANKFULLY WE HAVE YOU TWO THAT

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ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCE, IT

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MUST BECOME VERY DISCOURAGING TO

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GO AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT,

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AND GET SO LITTLE FROM YOUR

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SUCCESS.

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>> UH-HUH.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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YOU'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM

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PAULINA AND DARIAN AND JEANNIE

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ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND

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HEARING AND WHAT COULD BE SOME

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OF THE CAUSES OF LOW

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PARTICIPATION.

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WE'RE NOW GOING TO TALK TO JOY

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DIAZ WITH KUT NEWS, SHE'S BEEN

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REPORTING ON THE ISSUE FOR THE

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PAST MONTH.

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I HOPE MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD

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HER STORIES ON KUT AND SHE IS IN

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OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

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JOY?

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>> THANK YOU, ANN.

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FRANCESCA IS HERE WITH ME AND

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SHE'S ONLY 17 YEARS OLD, BUT SHE

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HAS A VERY INTERESTING ROLE IN

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OUR SOCIETY BECAUSE SHE WORKS

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WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND I

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WILL LET HER TALK ABOUT THAT.

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FRANCESCA?

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HI.

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I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE YOUTH

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COUNCIL FOR ABOUT PROBABLY A

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YEAR, IT'S BASICALLY A DIVISION

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OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT

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ESSENTIALLY ADMINISTRATORS OR

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COUNSELORS ESSENTIALLY LIKE

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SUPERIORS OF HIGH SCHOOLS,

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CHOOSE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO

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THEY FEEL WOULD BE GOOD

516
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REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CITY AND

517
00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:52,212
THEN THEY GO THROUGH ELECTIONS

518
00:16:52,212 --> 00:16:53,913
AND IT'S BASICALLY A PROCESS

519
00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:55,315
WHERE YOU GO THROUGH ELECTIONS

520
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:56,983
AND YOU GO, AND YOU GET ELECTED

521
00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,018
ON TO THE COUNCIL.

522
00:16:58,018 --> 00:16:59,719
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE COUNCIL

523
00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,221
DOES IS IT GIVES A

524
00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:02,222
REPRESENTATIVE VOICE FOR HIGH

525
00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:03,523
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THEIR

526
00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:04,924
COMMUNITY AND IT'S REALLY --

527
00:17:04,924 --> 00:17:07,127
IT'S ACTUALLY -- IT'S VERY --

528
00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:08,928
IT'S VERY UNIQUE, BECAUSE I'VE

529
00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,130
NEVER BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY

530
00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,232
LIKE THIS BEFORE, IT'S -- YOU

531
00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,534
KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE

532
00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:15,268
OFTEN REALLY.

533
00:17:15,268 --> 00:17:16,670
IT'S VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE I

534
00:17:16,670 --> 00:17:18,171
THINK A LOT OF STUDENTS AND A

535
00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:19,372
LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T FEEL

536
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,007
LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE, AND THIS

537
00:17:21,007 --> 00:17:23,410
IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE WAYS

538
00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:24,811
THAT THEY CAN REALLY GET A

539
00:17:24,811 --> 00:17:25,011
VOICE.

540
00:17:25,011 --> 00:17:26,813
AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, A

541
00:17:26,813 --> 00:17:28,148
LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE I'VE

542
00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:30,250
TALKED TO DON'T FEEL LIKE WHAT

543
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:31,351
THEY HAVE TO SAY IS GOING TO

544
00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:32,652
IMPACT ANYONE.

545
00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:34,054
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOTE IS

546
00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:36,256
ISN'T GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

547
00:17:36,256 --> 00:17:36,956
IN THE ELECTION.

548
00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,658
LIKE WHO THEY CHOOSE ISN'T GOING

549
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:39,759
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR

550
00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:40,060
COUNTRY.

551
00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,861
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING

552
00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:42,762
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

553
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:44,264
DON'T REALLY FEEL, EVEN IF THEY

554
00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,965
ARE INVOLVED, THAT IT'S REALLY

555
00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:46,866
GOING TO IMPACT THE COUNTRY.

556
00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,568
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIG

557
00:17:48,568 --> 00:17:49,536
PART OF IT.

558
00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:51,671
>> UH-HUH.

559
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,373
GREAT.

560
00:17:53,373 --> 00:17:54,274
THANKS SO MUCH.

561
00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:56,376
FRANCESCA, FOR SHARING YOUR

562
00:17:56,376 --> 00:17:58,278
THOUGHTS WITH US, AND I WONDER,

563
00:17:58,278 --> 00:17:59,913
ACTUALLY, PAULINA, I KNOW THAT

564
00:17:59,913 --> 00:18:01,414
YOU GOT INVOLVED YESTERDAY WHILE

565
00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:02,716
YOU WERE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL,

566
00:18:02,716 --> 00:18:03,817
AND WHETHER YOU THINK PROGRAMS

567
00:18:03,817 --> 00:18:05,218
LIKE THAT THAT ENCOURAGE YOUNG

568
00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:07,520
PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME EXPOSURE TO

569
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,322
ELECTED OFFICIALS COULD MAKE A

570
00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:10,724
DIFFERENCE IF THEY WERE MORE

571
00:18:10,724 --> 00:18:12,025
WIDELY AVAILABLE?

572
00:18:12,025 --> 00:18:15,028
>> I ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR

573
00:18:15,028 --> 00:18:17,831
THE COMMENTS, FRANCESCA, WE

574
00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:18,932
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

575
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,367
SO I PERSONALLY DO BELIEVE THAT

576
00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:23,069
IF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN

577
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:26,773
HIGH SCHOOL, ARE -- ARE EXPOSED

578
00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:29,776
TO THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE AND

579
00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:31,077
BASICALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

580
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,313
TO SPEAK TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

581
00:18:33,313 --> 00:18:35,615
DIRECTLY, AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

582
00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:37,617
BEING HEARD AND THEY'RE BEING

583
00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:39,519
LISTENED TO, IF THEY FEEL LIKE

584
00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:40,920
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING WILL

585
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,523
POSSIBLY MAKE SOME SLIGHT

586
00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:45,125
DIFFERENCE, THEN, YES, I THINK

587
00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:47,927
THAT THEY WOULD BECOME MORE

588
00:18:47,927 --> 00:18:49,262
INVOLVED, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY

589
00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:50,663
WHAT DID IT FOR ME AND THAT'S

590
00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:51,965
WHAT DID IT FOR A LOT OF

591
00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,867
INDIVIDUALS THEY TALKED TO IN MY

592
00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:54,167
HIGH SCHOOL.

593
00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:56,069
I TOLD THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE

594
00:18:56,069 --> 00:18:57,971
SHOULD GO TALK TO OUR ELECTED

595
00:18:57,971 --> 00:18:59,439
OFFICIALS AND SURE ENOUGH, AFTER

596
00:18:59,439 --> 00:19:01,274
THAT, THEY'VE STAYED AND THEY'VE

597
00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:04,277
REMAINED POLITICALLY EDGE GAUGED

598
00:19:04,277 --> 00:19:06,212
AND POLITICALLY ACTIVE IN THEIR

599
00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:07,414
COMMUNITY, WHEREVER THAT.

600
00:19:07,414 --> 00:19:09,115
SO I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT

601
00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,216
HAVING ELECTED OFFICIALS

602
00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:11,217
DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE

603
00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:12,719
YOUTH, WHETHER THEY ARE OF

604
00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:14,521
VOTING AGE YET OR NOT, IS

605
00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:16,222
VITALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THE

606
00:19:16,222 --> 00:19:18,158
END WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE THE

607
00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:19,159
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.

608
00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:19,659
>> UH-HUH.

609
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,194
>> SO LET'S GET EVERYONE

610
00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:22,796
INVOLVED AND LET'S GET

611
00:19:22,796 --> 00:19:24,597
EVERYONE...

612
00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:25,699
>> THANK YOU.

613
00:19:25,699 --> 00:19:29,202
WELL DUNBAR IS WITH KUT NEWS,

614
00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:30,103
HE'S BEEN MANAGING THIS

615
00:19:30,103 --> 00:19:32,205
CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

616
00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:38,111
AROUND WHYBOTHERTEXAS.ORG .

617
00:19:38,111 --> 00:19:41,915
>> I'M HERE WITH AMALIA, SHE

618
00:19:41,915 --> 00:19:44,017
RAISED A POINT DIRECTING US TO A

619
00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,819
BLOG POST SHE WROTE ON TWITTER.

620
00:19:45,819 --> 00:19:46,619
WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION

621
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:48,722
ABOUT TRYING TO BRING MORE YOUNG

622
00:19:48,722 --> 00:19:50,657
VOTERS INTO THE FOLD, BUT SHE

623
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:52,258
HAD A PROBLEM JUST REGISTERING

624
00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:53,660
AND GOING THROUGH THE STEPS

625
00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:55,562
ONLINE THAT SHE'D LIKE TO TELL

626
00:19:55,562 --> 00:19:56,563
Y'ALL ABOUT.

627
00:19:56,563 --> 00:19:59,265
>> THANKS, YEAH.

628
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:02,569
SO SO FAR WE'VE KIND OF COME TO

629
00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:05,572
THE CONSENSUS THAT APATHY OR A

630
00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:07,474
LACK OF HOPE IS THE PROBLEM, AND

631
00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:11,077
THE SOLUTION IS EXPOSURE, BUT

632
00:20:11,077 --> 00:20:13,480
WHENEVER I HEARD ABOUT -- ABOUT

633
00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,783
THIS FORUM, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

634
00:20:16,783 --> 00:20:19,486
BUT WHAT IF I AM MOTIVATED?

635
00:20:19,486 --> 00:20:21,955
MY FACEBOOK FEED HAS BEEN VERY

636
00:20:21,955 --> 00:20:22,956
POLITICAL LATELY.

637
00:20:22,956 --> 00:20:25,258
WHAT IF I WERE MOTIVATED TO GO

638
00:20:25,258 --> 00:20:27,060
OUT AND ACTUALLY REGISTER AND

639
00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:27,560
VOTE?

640
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,763
SO I DID A LITTLE UNSCIENTIFIC

641
00:20:29,763 --> 00:20:32,766
EXPERIMENT TODAY, AND WENT TO

642
00:20:32,766 --> 00:20:35,468
GOOGLE, AS I IMAGINE MOST PEOPLE

643
00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,237
WOULD DO, AND JUST TYPED IN HOW

644
00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:38,772
TO VOTE AUSTIN TEXAS.

645
00:20:38,772 --> 00:20:40,774
THE TOP SEARCH RESULT WAS THE

646
00:20:40,774 --> 00:20:43,376
AUSTIN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

647
00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,378
WHICH DIDN'T REALLY HAVE

648
00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:46,680
ANYTHING ON THE PAGE, BUT

649
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,815
REFERRED ME TO ANOTHER CITY

650
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,417
PAGE, WHICH REFERRED ME TO

651
00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:51,418
ANOTHER CITY PAGE.

652
00:20:51,418 --> 00:20:53,420
I BASICALLY FOLLOWED -- TOOK A

653
00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:56,022
TOUR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN

654
00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,224
GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, SIX PAGES

655
00:20:58,224 --> 00:21:00,126
AROUND, BEFORE FINALLY ARRIVING

656
00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:03,129
AT A DEAD END, AND THAT POINT,

657
00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:05,331
AS MOTIVATED AS I WAS GOING IN,

658
00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:07,734
I WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY

659
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,836
DISCOURAGED COMING OUT.

660
00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:13,073
AND AS FAR AS THE BIG GAP

661
00:21:13,073 --> 00:21:14,574
BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

662
00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:16,676
AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

663
00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,978
GOES, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF

664
00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,313
ACCIDENTAL VOTERS AT

665
00:21:20,313 --> 00:21:22,115
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

666
00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:24,217
DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS,

667
00:21:24,217 --> 00:21:26,720
THEY'LL BE VOTING BOOTHS AT THE

668
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,722
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, AT GROCERY

669
00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:30,623
STORES, SO EVEN IF YOU COULDN'T

670
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,726
FIGURE OUT HOW TO VOTE, YOU'LL

671
00:21:32,726 --> 00:21:35,328
SEE A BOOTH AND, OH, OKAY, I

672
00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,063
GUESS I'LL DO IT, AND YOU'LL

673
00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:37,864
STUMBLE IN.

674
00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:39,466
BUT WITH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, I

675
00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:41,167
DON'T SEE HOW THERE'S ANY WAY

676
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:43,069
YOU'D PIECE IT TOGETHER UNLESS

677
00:21:43,069 --> 00:21:44,971
YOU PERSONALLY KNEW A GOVERNMENT

678
00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:47,273
OFFICIAL THAT I COULD JUST ASK.

679
00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:47,974
>> UH-HUH.

680
00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:48,575
>>

681
00:21:48,575 --> 00:21:50,210
[APPLAUSE]

682
00:21:50,210 --> 00:21:52,312
[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU SO MUCH

683
00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:54,314
FOR BRINGING IN THAT VERY OTHER

684
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:55,815
IMPORTANT DIMENSION WHICH ARE

685
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,417
WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS

686
00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:58,718
TO VOTING AND REGISTERING TO

687
00:21:58,718 --> 00:21:59,119
VOTE.

688
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:00,420
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK

689
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,522
OVER TO JOY NOW, WHO HAS ANOTHER

690
00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:02,722
COMMENT.

691
00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:03,456
>> YES.

692
00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:06,860
I AM WITH GEORGE AND HE IS 58.

693
00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:09,662
HE HAS BEEN VOTING SINCE HE WAS

694
00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:10,063
18.

695
00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:12,165
IF YOU DO THE MATH, IT'S BEEN

696
00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,266
FOR 40 YEARS.

697
00:22:13,266 --> 00:22:14,801
YOU KNOW WHAT, AT TIMES HE'S

698
00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:17,337
BEEN DISCOURAGED, NOT TODAY,

699
00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:18,772
THOUGH, TELL US WHY, GEORGE.

700
00:22:18,772 --> 00:22:20,907
>> YEAH, I USED TO BE PART OF A

701
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,743
YOUTH MOVEMENT A LONG, LONG TIME

702
00:22:23,743 --> 00:22:25,445
AGO, I HAVE TO ADMIT ESPECIALLY

703
00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:26,846
NOW WITH THE ADVENT OF SUPER

704
00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,748
PACKS AND THE CONTROL OF MONEY

705
00:22:28,748 --> 00:22:30,383
ON NATIONAL ELECTIONS AND THE

706
00:22:30,383 --> 00:22:32,686
FACT THAT WE'RE SO ABLE TO SEE

707
00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:34,387
MEDIA PORTRAYING THAT IN THAT

708
00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,989
LIGHT THAT IT'S VERY EASY FOR US

709
00:22:35,989 --> 00:22:38,124
TO GET DISCOURAGED AND I HAVE TO

710
00:22:38,124 --> 00:22:40,226
TELL YOU I'M MUCH MORE HEARTENED

711
00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:42,529
ABOUT THAT NOW, THESE PEOPLE

712
00:22:42,529 --> 00:22:44,230
GETTING INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL

713
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:47,033
LEVEL, I THINK THE ONLY WAY THAT

714
00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:49,069
CAN BE COMBATED IS TO START AT

715
00:22:49,069 --> 00:22:50,737
THIS LEVEL AND FIND ITS WAY UP

716
00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:51,571
TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

717
00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:52,672
>> THANKS SO MUCH.

718
00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:54,240
ACTUALLY WANTED TO SEE IF ONE OF

719
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,875
OUR GUESTS UP HERE WANTED TO

720
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,110
COMMENT ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL

721
00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:58,111
BARRIERS ISSUE.

722
00:22:58,111 --> 00:23:00,914
DARIAN, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED

723
00:23:00,914 --> 00:23:03,316
TOO, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU MAY

724
00:23:03,316 --> 00:23:05,952
NOT HAVE A COMPUTER OR ACCESS TO

725
00:23:05,952 --> 00:23:08,254
GOOGLE, SO THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER

726
00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:09,255
LEVEL OF PROBLEMS.

727
00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:11,391
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A LITTLE

728
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:11,791
ABOUT THAT.

729
00:23:11,791 --> 00:23:13,493
>> CORRECT, LIKE LITERALLY, IF I

730
00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:16,429
WERE TO RUN INTO AN ELECTED

731
00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:19,532
OFFICIAL, I MIGHT -- MIGHT NOT

732
00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:21,668
EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM, LIKE HE

733
00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:25,572
MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE SPEAKING ON,

734
00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:29,576
YOU KNOW, HIS BEHALF ABOUT HIS

735
00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:32,779
BEING ELECTED AND, YOU KNOW, BUT

736
00:23:32,779 --> 00:23:35,982
I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW UNLESS

737
00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:38,585
SOMEONE HANDED ME A PAMPHLET OR

738
00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:40,186
SOMETHING WITH HIS FACE ON IT.

739
00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:40,687
>> UH-HUH.

740
00:23:40,687 --> 00:23:44,391
>> WHICH I FIND KIND OF, HEY,

741
00:23:44,391 --> 00:23:46,793
WHY DON'T I KNOW THIS.

742
00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,495
IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME, YOU

743
00:23:48,495 --> 00:23:50,296
KNOW, BUT IF I ASK SOME OF MY

744
00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:52,098
FRIENDS, THEY -- THEY ARE NOT

745
00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:55,101
WORRIED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW.

746
00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:57,303
THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT, YOU

747
00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:59,939
KNOW, IF THEY DON'T GET TO VOTE,

748
00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:01,441
THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE THEIR

749
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,643
LIVES, HOW THEY LIVE IT, AND

750
00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:05,445
SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THEY'RE

751
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,847
LIVING IT, SO I FIGURE THE

752
00:24:07,847 --> 00:24:10,050
STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THE

753
00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:11,351
KNOWLEDGE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS

754
00:24:11,351 --> 00:24:13,453
ACTUALLY GOING ON NEEDS TO

755
00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:16,256
CHANGE.

756
00:24:16,256 --> 00:24:17,057
WE NEED DIFFERENCE.

757
00:24:17,057 --> 00:24:17,957
>> UH-HUH.

758
00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:18,158
THANK YOU.

759
00:24:18,158 --> 00:24:19,459
AND NOW I THINK WE HAVE SOME

760
00:24:19,459 --> 00:24:21,361
MORE COMMENTS FROM OUR YOUNGEST

761
00:24:21,361 --> 00:24:22,462
CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE OVER

762
00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:24,364
HERE.

763
00:24:24,364 --> 00:24:25,865
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE

764
00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:30,270
VOTING AGE YET, BUT IT'S GREAT

765
00:24:30,270 --> 00:24:33,773
TO SEE AN INTERESTED GROUP.

766
00:24:33,773 --> 00:24:35,475
LET'S START WITH YOU, CEANNA.

767
00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:38,678
>> I WAS WONDERING HOW PEOPLE

768
00:24:38,678 --> 00:24:40,180
IMPACT OUR FUTURE BY VOTING,

769
00:24:40,180 --> 00:24:40,780
YOUNG PEOPLE.

770
00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:41,681
>> UH-HUH.

771
00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:42,182
OKAY.

772
00:24:42,182 --> 00:24:47,120
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB.

773
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,022
>> WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS NOW

774
00:24:49,022 --> 00:24:50,924
FOR YOU ALL DOESN'T SEEM VERY

775
00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:51,224
RIGHT.

776
00:24:51,224 --> 00:24:52,826
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL NEED TO BE

777
00:24:52,826 --> 00:24:53,927
MAKING YOUR DECISIONS FOR THE

778
00:24:53,927 --> 00:24:55,328
FUTURE, AND I DO THINK THAT WHAT

779
00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:58,331
WE LOSE SOMETIMES IS THAT IT'S

780
00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:00,133
JUST SORT OF AN ADULT WORLD,

781
00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:02,035
LIKE TAXES AND MEDICARE, AND

782
00:25:02,035 --> 00:25:04,237
MEDICAID, AND SOCIAL SECURITY,

783
00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:06,740
THAT REALLY HAVE NO VALIDITY TO

784
00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:09,042
YOUR LIVES RIGHT NOW, AND I

785
00:25:09,042 --> 00:25:11,244
THINK WE NEED TO MAKE POLITICS

786
00:25:11,244 --> 00:25:13,446
MORE REAL TO YOU THAT YOU SEE

787
00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:16,049
VALUE, AND VOTING AND

788
00:25:16,049 --> 00:25:19,352
CAMPAIGNING AND ADVOCATING FOR

789
00:25:19,352 --> 00:25:21,388
THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN YOUR

790
00:25:21,388 --> 00:25:22,689
BACK YARD.

791
00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:23,690
>> UH-HUH.

792
00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:25,325
>> AND CAMERON?

793
00:25:25,325 --> 00:25:27,927
>> I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU THINK

794
00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:30,230
YOUNG VOTERS ARE MATURE ENOUGH

795
00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:31,531
TO VOTE ON SOMETHING MOST OF

796
00:25:31,531 --> 00:25:32,832
THEM DON'T EVEN FULLY

797
00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:33,233
UNDERSTAND?

798
00:25:33,233 --> 00:25:35,335
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

799
00:25:35,335 --> 00:25:38,238
PAULINA, OR DARIAN, DO YOU WANT

800
00:25:38,238 --> 00:25:39,339
TO JUMP IN.

801
00:25:39,339 --> 00:25:40,340
>> I WOULD.

802
00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:43,343
I THINK -- COULD YOU ASK THAT

803
00:25:43,343 --> 00:25:44,344
QUESTION ONE MORE TIME?

804
00:25:44,344 --> 00:25:46,146
>> DO YOU REALLY THINK YOUNG

805
00:25:46,146 --> 00:25:48,048
VOTERS ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO VOTE

806
00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:50,150
ON SOMETHING MOST OF THEM DON'T

807
00:25:50,150 --> 00:25:51,251
EVEN FULLY UNDERSTAND?

808
00:25:51,251 --> 00:25:53,253
>> I THINK YOUNG VOTERS HAVE THE

809
00:25:53,253 --> 00:25:56,656
POTENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND, EVEN

810
00:25:56,656 --> 00:25:58,858
THOUGH IT'S WAY -- MAYBE WAY OUT

811
00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:03,363
OF OUR LEAGUE, NO WAY IN

812
00:26:03,363 --> 00:26:04,964
RELATING TO WHAT YOU REALLY CARE

813
00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:07,667
ABOUT, MAYBE, BUT I THINK AT

814
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,270
SOME POINT WITH LITTLE KNOWLEDGE

815
00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:13,273
OF, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES IN YOUR

816
00:26:13,273 --> 00:26:14,674
COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT YOU CAN,

817
00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:17,977
YOU KNOW, APPLY YOUR STRUGGLES,

818
00:26:17,977 --> 00:26:19,979
AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR HARDSHIPS TO

819
00:26:19,979 --> 00:26:24,918
THE ACTUAL CAUSE, AND, YOU KNOW,

820
00:26:24,918 --> 00:26:27,320
GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT, AND BE

821
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:28,021
ABLE TO MAKE A ZIG.

822
00:26:28,021 --> 00:26:29,322
>> UH-HUH, GREAT.

823
00:26:29,322 --> 00:26:31,024
>> AND PAULINA?

824
00:26:31,024 --> 00:26:32,726
>> WELL, BASICALLY, I FEEL JUST

825
00:26:32,726 --> 00:26:34,527
LIKE HE WAS SAYING THAT WE CAN

826
00:26:34,527 --> 00:26:35,862
EDUCATE OURSELVES.

827
00:26:35,862 --> 00:26:37,464
WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A

828
00:26:37,464 --> 00:26:38,064
WAY, RIGHT?

829
00:26:38,064 --> 00:26:39,265
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

830
00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,167
THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE KNOW IS

831
00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:42,569
GOING TO AFFECT US IN THE NEAR

832
00:26:42,569 --> 00:26:44,070
FUTURE OR WILL AFFECT US NOW,

833
00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:46,673
AND WE JUST EDUCATE OURSELVES OR

834
00:26:46,673 --> 00:26:48,074
TALK TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS, YOU

835
00:26:48,074 --> 00:26:51,478
KNOW, MAKE IT INTERESTING TO US.

836
00:26:51,478 --> 00:26:53,279
YEAH, LET'S VOTE, BECAUSE WE

837
00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:55,281
HAVE THAT VOICE AND WE SHOULD

838
00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,083
VOTE SO THAT'S -- THAT'S

839
00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:58,885
DEFINITELY MY ENCOURAGEMENT.

840
00:26:58,885 --> 00:26:59,586
>> GREAT.

841
00:26:59,586 --> 00:26:59,886
THANK YOU.

842
00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:01,388
SO WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT

843
00:27:01,388 --> 00:27:03,690
ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.

844
00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,893
SOME APATHY WE'VE HEARD ABOUT.

845
00:27:06,893 --> 00:27:09,195
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CYNICISM,

846
00:27:09,195 --> 00:27:10,397
ABOUT WHETHER YOUR VOTE COUNTS

847
00:27:10,397 --> 00:27:11,498
OR WHETHER THIS ELECTED

848
00:27:11,498 --> 00:27:12,699
OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO

849
00:27:12,699 --> 00:27:13,733
YOU, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT

850
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,235
STRUCTURAL BARRIERS.

851
00:27:15,235 --> 00:27:16,936
NOW LET'S MOVE TOWARD SOME

852
00:27:16,936 --> 00:27:19,039
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND LET'S

853
00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:20,273
BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT ONE GROUP

854
00:27:20,273 --> 00:27:21,775
THAT'S WORKING HERE IN AUSTIN TO

855
00:27:21,775 --> 00:27:23,176
GET MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE.

856
00:27:23,176 --> 00:27:25,178
>> WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT IS A

857
00:27:25,178 --> 00:27:26,780
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION,

858
00:27:26,780 --> 00:27:28,581
NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT

859
00:27:28,581 --> 00:27:30,483
ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF LOW WAGE

860
00:27:30,483 --> 00:27:32,185
WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

861
00:27:32,185 --> 00:27:33,486
WE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT

862
00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:37,590
THEIR RIGHTS AS WORKERS AND WE

863
00:27:37,590 --> 00:27:39,192
RECENTLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A

864
00:27:39,192 --> 00:27:40,794
WE COUNT VOTER ENGAGEMENT

865
00:27:40,794 --> 00:27:42,796
CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO

866
00:27:42,796 --> 00:27:45,832
GENERALLY ARE UNDERREPRESENTED

867
00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:47,233
IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS TO

868
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,336
PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS.

869
00:27:49,336 --> 00:27:50,837
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH

870
00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,238
DONE THAT SHOWS THAT YOUNG

871
00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:54,741
VOTERS TEND TO TURN OUT IN LOWER

872
00:27:54,741 --> 00:27:55,241
NUMBERS.

873
00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:57,444
THAT LATINO -- I THINK A LOT OF

874
00:27:57,444 --> 00:27:58,845
TIMES PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS

875
00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:00,280
REALIZE HOW THE DECISIONS OF

876
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,382
LOCAL POLICY MAKERS IMPACT THEIR

877
00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:02,982
LIVES.

878
00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:04,484
WE DON'T ADVOCATE FOR ANY

879
00:28:04,484 --> 00:28:05,585
PARTICULAR POSITION OR ANY

880
00:28:05,585 --> 00:28:06,886
PARTICULAR CANDIDATE.

881
00:28:06,886 --> 00:28:08,288
WE'RE A NONPARTISAN

882
00:28:08,288 --> 00:28:10,190
ORGANIZATION, BUT WE DO TALK TO

883
00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:11,791
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT

884
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:13,093
THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

885
00:28:13,093 --> 00:28:14,794
SO SOMEONE SAYS I'M REALLY

886
00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:16,096
CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION, WE

887
00:28:16,096 --> 00:28:17,397
WOULD SAY, WELL, LET'S TAKE A

888
00:28:17,397 --> 00:28:19,199
LOOK AT -- THERE'S IMPORTANT

889
00:28:19,199 --> 00:28:21,034
VOTES COMING UP ON ELECTION, AND

890
00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:22,535
OUR STATE LEGISLATURE,

891
00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:25,638
THERE'S -- THOSE SORTS OF THINGS

892
00:28:25,638 --> 00:28:26,840
THAT ARE LIKE THERE ARE

893
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,341
DECISIONS BEING MADE ABOUT THESE

894
00:28:28,341 --> 00:28:30,243
TOPICS THAT YOU'RE TELLING US

895
00:28:30,243 --> 00:28:31,044
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR

896
00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:31,745
LIVES.

897
00:28:31,745 --> 00:28:33,279
WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE

898
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:34,681
IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR

899
00:28:34,681 --> 00:28:36,282
COMMUNITY CENTER IS LOCATED.

900
00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:37,684
WE'RE GOING OUT AND KNOCKING ON

901
00:28:37,684 --> 00:28:39,285
PEOPLE'S DOORS.

902
00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:40,687
WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOCKING ON

903
00:28:40,687 --> 00:28:42,088
PEOPLE'S DOORS AND CALLING

904
00:28:42,088 --> 00:28:44,190
PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED TO

905
00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:46,292
VOTE OR WHO MIGHT BE -- BE

906
00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:47,494
INTERESTED IN REGISTERING TO

907
00:28:47,494 --> 00:28:48,595
VOTE AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT

908
00:28:48,595 --> 00:28:50,797
THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, MAKING

909
00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:51,798
SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY

910
00:28:51,798 --> 00:28:52,599
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE

911
00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:54,401
ELECTIONS, THEY KNOW WHERE TO

912
00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:55,702
VOTE, HOW TO VOTE, WHAT IS GOING

913
00:28:55,702 --> 00:28:58,204
TO BE ON THE BALLOT, AND TO

914
00:28:58,204 --> 00:28:59,806
REALLY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO

915
00:28:59,806 --> 00:29:01,608
GET OUT THERE AND KNOW THAT IT'S

916
00:29:01,608 --> 00:29:03,410
AN IMPORTANT PART OF HAVING AN

917
00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,145
IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITY, AND

918
00:29:05,145 --> 00:29:06,746
THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT TO

919
00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:07,447
LIVE IN.

920
00:29:07,447 --> 00:29:12,252
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW,

921
00:29:12,252 --> 00:29:14,654
ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THEIR

922
00:29:14,654 --> 00:29:16,256
OWN INTERESTS.

923
00:29:16,256 --> 00:29:17,457
START WHERE THEY'RE AT.

924
00:29:17,457 --> 00:29:19,459
FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT IS

925
00:29:19,459 --> 00:29:21,094
PREVENTING THEM FROM VOTING AND

926
00:29:21,094 --> 00:29:22,796
TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, WHY

927
00:29:22,796 --> 00:29:24,798
THAT MAY EXIST, WHY THEY MAY

928
00:29:24,798 --> 00:29:25,999
HAVE THIS FEELING AND I THINK

929
00:29:25,999 --> 00:29:27,200
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO GIVE

930
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,301
ALTERNATIVES.

931
00:29:28,301 --> 00:29:30,403
SO VOTING IS JUST ONE PART OF

932
00:29:30,403 --> 00:29:33,406
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, BUT THERE'S

933
00:29:33,406 --> 00:29:34,808
OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN

934
00:29:34,808 --> 00:29:36,009
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM TO IMPROVE

935
00:29:36,009 --> 00:29:37,811
IT, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,

936
00:29:37,811 --> 00:29:39,412
PART OF IT IS LETTING THEM KNOW

937
00:29:39,412 --> 00:29:41,314
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR

938
00:29:41,314 --> 00:29:42,716
FRUSTRATION COMES FROM, AND THEN

939
00:29:42,716 --> 00:29:44,150
PART OF IT IS ALSO GIVING THEM

940
00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,052
OPTIONS OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN

941
00:29:46,052 --> 00:29:47,654
GET INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATE.

942
00:29:47,654 --> 00:29:49,356
SO THESE BLOCK WALKS HAVE BEEN A

943
00:29:49,356 --> 00:29:51,358
GREAT WAY FOR US TO REACH OUT TO

944
00:29:51,358 --> 00:29:52,659
YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE UT CAMPUS

945
00:29:52,659 --> 00:29:53,960
AND IN THE AUSTIN AREA IN

946
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,562
GENERAL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS

947
00:29:55,562 --> 00:29:56,563
IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN GET

948
00:29:56,563 --> 00:29:57,163
INVOLVED.

949
00:29:57,163 --> 00:30:01,067
YOU CAN PARTICIPATE CIVICALLY IN

950
00:30:01,067 --> 00:30:02,268
POLITICS.

951
00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:03,269
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPORTANT

952
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:06,172
TO ENGAGE IN OUR ELECTORAL

953
00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:07,474
SYSTEM, IN OUR POLITICAL

954
00:30:07,474 --> 00:30:09,676
PROCESS, BECAUSE THESE DECISIONS

955
00:30:09,676 --> 00:30:11,277
THAT ARE BEING MADE NOW ARE

956
00:30:11,277 --> 00:30:12,679
GOING TO END UP AFFECTING US

957
00:30:12,679 --> 00:30:16,082
MORE THAN ANY OTHER GENERATION,

958
00:30:16,082 --> 00:30:17,984
BEING GENERATION X WE HAVE BEEN

959
00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:19,586
BROUGHT UP IN THIS DIFFERENT

960
00:30:19,586 --> 00:30:21,621
AREA THAT -- ERA THAT HAS

961
00:30:21,621 --> 00:30:23,757
DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS AND

962
00:30:23,757 --> 00:30:24,858
CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE, AND SO

963
00:30:24,858 --> 00:30:26,960
WE MAYBE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF

964
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,361
LOOKING AT THINGS THAT COULD

965
00:30:28,361 --> 00:30:31,564
INCREASE THE ABILITY OF OUR

966
00:30:31,564 --> 00:30:33,166
POLICY MAKERS TO ACTUALLY

967
00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,068
REFLECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,

968
00:30:35,068 --> 00:30:36,469
SO I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A

969
00:30:36,469 --> 00:30:38,271
UNIQUE VOICE THAT SHOULD BE

970
00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:39,205
CONTRIBUTED TO.

971
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:41,808
>> DARIAN, YOU SAID A LITTLE BIT

972
00:30:41,808 --> 00:30:43,510
EARLIER ABOUT HOW YOU GOT

973
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:45,612
INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND THE

974
00:30:45,612 --> 00:30:47,714
WAY THAT YOU'RE USING HIP HOP TO

975
00:30:47,714 --> 00:30:49,115
MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE YOUNG

976
00:30:49,115 --> 00:30:49,616
PEOPLE.

977
00:30:49,616 --> 00:30:52,218
I WANT TO ACTUALLY RAISE AN

978
00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:53,520
ISSUE THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE

979
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,222
BEEN FOLLOWING AND MY GUESS IS

980
00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:57,724
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HIP HOP

981
00:30:57,724 --> 00:30:59,025
FANS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND

982
00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,427
SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE HEARD

983
00:31:00,427 --> 00:31:01,628
ABOUT THIS TOO.

984
00:31:01,628 --> 00:31:02,629
THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME

985
00:31:02,629 --> 00:31:04,431
CELEBRITIES IN THE HIP HOP WORLD

986
00:31:04,431 --> 00:31:06,332
WHO ARE ON VERY OPPOSITE SIDES

987
00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:07,434
OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE

988
00:31:07,434 --> 00:31:08,635
HAVING TONIGHT AND I WOULD LOVE

989
00:31:08,635 --> 00:31:10,870
TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT

990
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:12,472
AND WHAT ROLE YOU THINK THAT HIP

991
00:31:12,472 --> 00:31:14,674
HOP CAN PLAY, AND JUST TO BE

992
00:31:14,674 --> 00:31:15,775
MORE SPECIFIC, WHAT I'M

993
00:31:15,775 --> 00:31:19,079
REFERRING TO IS LUPE WHO IS A

994
00:31:19,079 --> 00:31:21,314
VERY WELL-KNOWN HIP HOP ARTIST

995
00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:23,016
COMING OUT AGAINST VOTING AND

996
00:31:23,016 --> 00:31:24,317
THEN THERE WERE MANY OTHER

997
00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:27,120
CELEBRITIES THAT CAME OUT AND

998
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,022
REALLY SPOKE OUT AGAINST HIM.

999
00:31:29,022 --> 00:31:30,824
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND

1000
00:31:30,824 --> 00:31:33,226
HOW CAN HIP HOP BE A POSITIVE

1001
00:31:33,226 --> 00:31:33,927
INFLUENCE?

1002
00:31:33,927 --> 00:31:36,229
>> I THINK AS AN ARTIST, I THINK

1003
00:31:36,229 --> 00:31:38,531
YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN

1004
00:31:38,531 --> 00:31:41,434
SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT, BUT TO

1005
00:31:41,434 --> 00:31:44,637
BE ON THE OPPOSING SIDE AND NOT

1006
00:31:44,637 --> 00:31:48,942
FOR CHANGE OR TO MAKE A

1007
00:31:48,942 --> 00:31:50,577
DIFFERENCE, IS VERY LIKE

1008
00:31:50,577 --> 00:31:52,979
STRIKING TO ME, BUT AT THE SAME

1009
00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:55,882
TIME, ALL I CAN DO IS RESPECT --

1010
00:31:55,882 --> 00:31:58,485
RESPECT HIS DECISIONS AND HIS

1011
00:31:58,485 --> 00:32:01,187
OPINIONS, IT'S LIKE ALL YOU CAN

1012
00:32:01,187 --> 00:32:03,590
DO IS -- ALL I CAN DO IS SALUTE

1013
00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:05,792
THAT AND CONTINUE WITH -- WITH

1014
00:32:05,792 --> 00:32:09,696
MY PATH, BUT DEFINITELY USE WHAT

1015
00:32:09,696 --> 00:32:11,831
HE'S SAYING AS A -- AS A TOOL

1016
00:32:11,831 --> 00:32:16,636
MOSTLY TO ENCOURAGE MY PEERS TO

1017
00:32:16,636 --> 00:32:19,039
SPEAK THEIR MIND AND USE -- USE

1018
00:32:19,039 --> 00:32:22,676
YOUR VOICE, YOUR MIND, AS A --

1019
00:32:22,676 --> 00:32:25,879
YOU KNOW, AS A TOOL TO BE HEARD.

1020
00:32:25,879 --> 00:32:29,282
WITH MY MUSIC, WE USE -- I USE

1021
00:32:29,282 --> 00:32:32,585
MY MUSIC AS, YOU KNOW, TO --

1022
00:32:32,585 --> 00:32:33,887
JUST FOR MY OWN VOICE.

1023
00:32:33,887 --> 00:32:35,488
MY OWNERSHIP TO EVEN HAVE

1024
00:32:35,488 --> 00:32:39,292
OWNERSHIP OF MY VOICE, MY WORDS

1025
00:32:39,292 --> 00:32:41,895
IS -- IS MAGIC TO ME, YOU KNOW,

1026
00:32:41,895 --> 00:32:46,599
SO I USE -- I USE THAT AND PITCH

1027
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:50,303
IT TO MY PEERS, IT'S LIKE THEY

1028
00:32:50,303 --> 00:32:51,304
CAN RELATE.

1029
00:32:51,304 --> 00:32:52,305
THEY -- THEY UNDERSTAND THE

1030
00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:56,509
LINGO, MY SLANG, IF I HAVE ANY.

1031
00:32:56,509 --> 00:32:59,212
IT'S LIKE WE -- WE GENERATION X.

1032
00:32:59,212 --> 00:33:01,114
LIKE -- LIKE YOUNG LADY WAS

1033
00:33:01,114 --> 00:33:04,417
SAYING, WE -- WE ARE NOT

1034
00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:07,520
OUTCASTS, BUT WE -- WE HAVE A

1035
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,823
CERTAIN WAY OF COMMUNICATING.

1036
00:33:09,823 --> 00:33:12,559
IT'S SUCH A, YOU KNOW, WE ALL

1037
00:33:12,559 --> 00:33:14,861
ABOUT MEDIA NOW AND LIKE HIGH

1038
00:33:14,861 --> 00:33:16,563
TECH TOOLS AND, YOU KNOW,

1039
00:33:16,563 --> 00:33:18,365
EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST -- IT'S

1040
00:33:18,365 --> 00:33:21,001
DIFFERENT FROM THE '60s, PUT

1041
00:33:21,001 --> 00:33:22,602
IT THAT WAY.

1042
00:33:22,602 --> 00:33:23,203
>> UH-HUH.

1043
00:33:23,203 --> 00:33:25,305
>> I'M A '90s BABY.

1044
00:33:25,305 --> 00:33:27,207
SO HOW DIFFERENT DOES THAT

1045
00:33:27,207 --> 00:33:27,507
SOUND?

1046
00:33:27,507 --> 00:33:28,942
THAT SOUNDS DIFFERENT.

1047
00:33:28,942 --> 00:33:31,044
IT DON'T EVEN -- IT DON'T EVEN

1048
00:33:31,044 --> 00:33:33,947
MATCH, YOU KNOW, SO... THERE'S A

1049
00:33:33,947 --> 00:33:36,349
LOT OF ADJUSTING THAT WE HAVE TO

1050
00:33:36,349 --> 00:33:40,954
DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLDER --

1051
00:33:40,954 --> 00:33:42,055
OLDER GENERATION.

1052
00:33:42,055 --> 00:33:45,158
THERE'S -- THERE'S SHOWS I DO,

1053
00:33:45,158 --> 00:33:48,461
YOU KNOW, AND THERE MAY BE YOUTH

1054
00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:50,063
OR YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE CROWD

1055
00:33:50,063 --> 00:33:52,465
OR, YOU KNOW, JUST MAINLY OLDER

1056
00:33:52,465 --> 00:33:54,668
HIP HOP FANS.

1057
00:33:54,668 --> 00:33:55,368
>> UH-HUH.

1058
00:33:55,368 --> 00:33:56,870
>> WHO ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY,

1059
00:33:56,870 --> 00:34:00,573
BUT THAT MESSAGE WE ARE PUTTING

1060
00:34:00,573 --> 00:34:02,475
OUT, IT STILL -- IT TENDS TO

1061
00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:04,577
TRAVEL, IT TENDS TO, YOU KNOW,

1062
00:34:04,577 --> 00:34:05,879
KIND OF SPREAD THROUGH THAT ONE

1063
00:34:05,879 --> 00:34:06,880
PERSON, YOU KNOW.

1064
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,417
YOU GET A MESSAGE, YOU DON'T

1065
00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:12,118
JUST SIT ON IT, ESPECIALLY IF

1066
00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:13,520
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS UP

1067
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,622
LIFTING AND IT HAD YOU THINKING

1068
00:34:15,622 --> 00:34:18,224
ABOUT IT ALL DAY, SO THAT'S --

1069
00:34:18,224 --> 00:34:20,026
THAT'S LIKE THE MAGIC AND THE

1070
00:34:20,026 --> 00:34:22,729
POWER IN, YOU KNOW, USING HIP

1071
00:34:22,729 --> 00:34:24,531
HOP, AND SPOKEN WORD.

1072
00:34:24,531 --> 00:34:26,232
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIP HOP.

1073
00:34:26,232 --> 00:34:27,867
IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST MY

1074
00:34:27,867 --> 00:34:30,470
VOICE, ME SPEAKING IS A WEAPON

1075
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:33,073
OF ME, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD

1076
00:34:33,073 --> 00:34:36,676
BE MY -- MY AIM IN THIS.

1077
00:34:36,676 --> 00:34:38,378
USE WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO

1078
00:34:38,378 --> 00:34:41,781
THE BEST TO OVERCOME, YOU KNOW,

1079
00:34:41,781 --> 00:34:44,284
YOUR CHALLENGE.

1080
00:34:44,284 --> 00:34:46,486
I FEEL I CAN SPEAK AT ANY TIME

1081
00:34:46,486 --> 00:34:48,688
UNDER ANY TYPE OF PRESSURE AS

1082
00:34:48,688 --> 00:34:55,295
CALM WITH NO PROBLEM AND RELATE

1083
00:34:55,295 --> 00:34:57,097
TO SOMEONE AND REACH THEM AND

1084
00:34:57,097 --> 00:34:59,599
ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO GO ON AND,

1085
00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:01,901
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GO PICK UP

1086
00:35:01,901 --> 00:35:03,403
THEIR PEN OR SOMETHING, YOU

1087
00:35:03,403 --> 00:35:04,404
KNOW, AND WRITE A VERSE.

1088
00:35:04,404 --> 00:35:04,904
>> UH-HUH.

1089
00:35:04,904 --> 00:35:05,605
>> SO --

1090
00:35:05,605 --> 00:35:07,007
>> THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY PUT.

1091
00:35:07,007 --> 00:35:08,508
THANK YOU, DARIAN.

1092
00:35:08,508 --> 00:35:10,844
PAULINA, YOU TOLD US EARLIER

1093
00:35:10,844 --> 00:35:12,545
ABOUT HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED IN

1094
00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:15,048
BROWNSVILLE, AND THE ANTI

1095
00:35:15,048 --> 00:35:16,249
POVERTY CAMPAIGN.

1096
00:35:16,249 --> 00:35:17,550
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

1097
00:35:17,550 --> 00:35:19,052
HOW OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CARE

1098
00:35:19,052 --> 00:35:21,488
ABOUT A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR AN

1099
00:35:21,488 --> 00:35:23,723
ISSUE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY

1100
00:35:23,723 --> 00:35:25,025
GETTING INVOLVED IN VOTING.

1101
00:35:25,025 --> 00:35:25,725
>> SURE.

1102
00:35:25,725 --> 00:35:26,126
SURE.

1103
00:35:26,126 --> 00:35:29,529
SO THE -- THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS

1104
00:35:29,529 --> 00:35:31,731
ME TO A QUOTE THAT HAS REALLY

1105
00:35:31,731 --> 00:35:33,433
MOTIVATED ME TO THIS DAY AND

1106
00:35:33,433 --> 00:35:35,535
IT'S BY BARBARA JORDAN, AND AS

1107
00:35:35,535 --> 00:35:39,239
HE SAID, ENLIGHTENED CITIZEN IS

1108
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,641
AN INDISPENSABLE INGREDIENT IN

1109
00:35:41,641 --> 00:35:43,443
THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY.

1110
00:35:43,443 --> 00:35:46,746
AND SO BASICALLY, LIKE WHAT THIS

1111
00:35:46,746 --> 00:35:49,049
MEANS TO ME IS THAT THIS IS THE

1112
00:35:49,049 --> 00:35:49,949
ROOT OF ADVOCACY.

1113
00:35:49,949 --> 00:35:52,552
THIS IS THE ROOT OF WHAT IT

1114
00:35:52,552 --> 00:35:53,953
MEANS TO BE AN ENGAGED CITIZEN.

1115
00:35:53,953 --> 00:35:55,488
IF YOU'RE ENLIGHTENED.

1116
00:35:55,488 --> 00:35:56,890
IF YOU'RE EDUCATED ON THE

1117
00:35:56,890 --> 00:35:57,490
ISSUES.

1118
00:35:57,490 --> 00:35:58,892
LIKE YOU PARTICULARLY CARE

1119
00:35:58,892 --> 00:36:01,494
ABOUT, AND YOU GO OUT AND YOU

1120
00:36:01,494 --> 00:36:04,097
USE YOUR VOICE, IN WHATEVER WAY

1121
00:36:04,097 --> 00:36:05,699
THAT -- THAT IS, AND YOU MAKE

1122
00:36:05,699 --> 00:36:07,701
YOUR SENSE KNOWN.

1123
00:36:07,701 --> 00:36:09,903
YOU REALLY CAN MAKE A

1124
00:36:09,903 --> 00:36:11,705
DIFFERENCE, AND ALL OF US, EVERY

1125
00:36:11,705 --> 00:36:12,906
SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM TODAY

1126
00:36:12,906 --> 00:36:14,808
HAS A PARTICULAR CAUSE, HAS A

1127
00:36:14,808 --> 00:36:16,109
PARTICULAR PASSION THAT THEY

1128
00:36:16,109 --> 00:36:18,111
REALLY DO CARE ABOUT, THAT

1129
00:36:18,111 --> 00:36:19,512
THEY'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT,

1130
00:36:19,512 --> 00:36:21,047
AND THAT THEY REALLY DO KNOW A

1131
00:36:21,047 --> 00:36:21,548
LOT ABOUT.

1132
00:36:21,548 --> 00:36:22,082
>> UH-HUH.

1133
00:36:22,082 --> 00:36:26,186
>> AND REALLY MY -- MY

1134
00:36:26,186 --> 00:36:28,088
EXPERIENCE IN USING MY VOICE TO

1135
00:36:28,088 --> 00:36:30,390
NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS IN MY

1136
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:33,293
COMMUNITY, AND MY -- AND MY

1137
00:36:33,293 --> 00:36:34,294
UNIVERSITY AND TO MY ELECTED

1138
00:36:34,294 --> 00:36:35,762
OFFICIALS AND REALLY SEEING HOW

1139
00:36:35,762 --> 00:36:37,597
THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN

1140
00:36:37,597 --> 00:36:40,100
MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT AROUND

1141
00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:42,002
FIGHTING EXTREME POVERTY, WHICH

1142
00:36:42,002 --> 00:36:43,903
IS MY -- MY PASSION, YOU KNOW,

1143
00:36:43,903 --> 00:36:45,905
THAT IS THE SAME EXACT THING

1144
00:36:45,905 --> 00:36:47,407
THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US

1145
00:36:47,407 --> 00:36:49,209
CAN DO AND SHOULD DO, BECAUSE IF

1146
00:36:49,209 --> 00:36:51,544
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REALLY

1147
00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:52,846
MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR

1148
00:36:52,846 --> 00:36:54,147
VOICE, USE IT.

1149
00:36:54,147 --> 00:36:56,049
YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE A

1150
00:36:56,049 --> 00:36:56,549
VOICE.

1151
00:36:56,549 --> 00:36:58,051
ALL OF US HAVE A PASSION, AND

1152
00:36:58,051 --> 00:37:00,253
ALL OF US REALLY SHOULD

1153
00:37:00,253 --> 00:37:02,455
BASICALLY TAKE THAT INITIATIVE

1154
00:37:02,455 --> 00:37:04,257
TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT AND PUT

1155
00:37:04,257 --> 00:37:05,859
THAT MOVEMENT INTO MOTION.

1156
00:37:05,859 --> 00:37:08,361
SO THAT IS -- THAT -- THAT'S MY

1157
00:37:08,361 --> 00:37:09,262
ENCOURAGEMENT.

1158
00:37:09,262 --> 00:37:11,264
THAT'S MY MOTIVATION TO EACH AND

1159
00:37:11,264 --> 00:37:13,566
EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND REALLY

1160
00:37:13,566 --> 00:37:14,868
FIND AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR

1161
00:37:14,868 --> 00:37:16,169
CAUSE AND WHAT YOUR PASSION IS,

1162
00:37:16,169 --> 00:37:18,271
AND RUN WITH IT, BECAUSE NO

1163
00:37:18,271 --> 00:37:22,108
MATTER HOW LITTLE YOU THINK YOUR

1164
00:37:22,108 --> 00:37:23,610
VOICE CAN -- CAN MAKE A

1165
00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:24,911
DIFFERENCE IN, YOU KNOW, THAT IS

1166
00:37:24,911 --> 00:37:27,313
REALLY JUST -- THAT IS REALLY A

1167
00:37:27,313 --> 00:37:28,648
DOUBT AND THAT IS A LIE THAT YOU

1168
00:37:28,648 --> 00:37:30,450
HAVE WITHIN YOU, BECAUSE YOUR

1169
00:37:30,450 --> 00:37:31,851
VOICE CAN AND WILL MAKE A

1170
00:37:31,851 --> 00:37:33,053
DIFFERENCE, SO, YOU KNOW,

1171
00:37:33,053 --> 00:37:34,654
PLEASE, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS IN

1172
00:37:34,654 --> 00:37:36,756
MIND THAT WHATEVER YOUR PASSION

1173
00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:38,858
IS, IT MATTERS AND YOU CAN MAKE

1174
00:37:38,858 --> 00:37:40,860
A DIFFERENCE.

1175
00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:42,362
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU,

1176
00:37:42,362 --> 00:37:43,563
PAULINA.

1177
00:37:43,563 --> 00:37:46,066
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO JOY DIAZ

1178
00:37:46,066 --> 00:37:46,866
AND OUR AUDIENCE.

1179
00:37:46,866 --> 00:37:47,967
>> THANK YOU, ANN.

1180
00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:50,070
I'M HERE WITH KATY POWERS AND

1181
00:37:50,070 --> 00:37:52,172
SHE'S 23, AND AS SOON AS WE

1182
00:37:52,172 --> 00:37:53,907
TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS,

1183
00:37:53,907 --> 00:37:55,809
SHE JUST JUMPED TO THE

1184
00:37:55,809 --> 00:37:57,110
OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE SHE HAS

1185
00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:58,111
SOME IDEAS HERE.

1186
00:37:58,111 --> 00:37:59,112
HERE WE GO.

1187
00:37:59,112 --> 00:38:01,414
>> HI, I JUST WANTED TO TELL

1188
00:38:01,414 --> 00:38:04,918
EVERYONE THAT MILLENNIALS, THOSE

1189
00:38:04,918 --> 00:38:07,120
OF US WHO ARE AGE ABOUT 13 TO

1190
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,422
30, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE LARGEST

1191
00:38:09,422 --> 00:38:10,924
VOTING BLOCK IN AMERICA RIGHT

1192
00:38:10,924 --> 00:38:12,325
NOW, BUT ACCORDING TO PUGH

1193
00:38:12,325 --> 00:38:13,827
RESEARCH CENTER, WE'RE ALSO THE

1194
00:38:13,827 --> 00:38:16,529
MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE AND

1195
00:38:16,529 --> 00:38:18,732
IMPLICITLY PROGRESSIVE AND

1196
00:38:18,732 --> 00:38:20,767
PAULINA'S QUOTE MADE ME REMEMBER

1197
00:38:20,767 --> 00:38:22,168
ANOTHER QUOTE BY ALZHEIMER

1198
00:38:22,168 --> 00:38:23,870
WALKER THAT SAYS THE MOST COMMON

1199
00:38:23,870 --> 00:38:25,372
WAY PEOPLE GIVE UP THEIR POWER

1200
00:38:25,372 --> 00:38:27,474
IS BY BELIEVING THEY DON'T HAVE

1201
00:38:27,474 --> 00:38:27,640
ANY.

1202
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,376
SO THAT VOTING BLOCK IS A LOT OF

1203
00:38:29,376 --> 00:38:30,010
POWER.

1204
00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:31,611
PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE.

1205
00:38:31,611 --> 00:38:33,413
AND I WANTED TO CHAT ABOUT WHY

1206
00:38:33,413 --> 00:38:34,714
THIS ELECTION IN PARTICULAR IS

1207
00:38:34,714 --> 00:38:35,715
IMPORTANT TO ME AS A WOMAN.

1208
00:38:35,715 --> 00:38:37,317
A LOT OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE

1209
00:38:37,317 --> 00:38:38,918
UNDER ATTACK AND THAT IS AN

1210
00:38:38,918 --> 00:38:40,020
IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ISSUE.

1211
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:41,421
THAT AFFECTS YOUR MOTHERS, YOUR

1212
00:38:41,421 --> 00:38:43,023
DAUGHTERS, YOUR SISTERS, YOUR

1213
00:38:43,023 --> 00:38:43,623
FRIENDS.

1214
00:38:43,623 --> 00:38:45,525
SO PLEASE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR

1215
00:38:45,525 --> 00:38:47,160
STANCE, GET OUT AND VOTE, YOU

1216
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,661
HAVE POWER WITH YOUR VOTE.

1217
00:38:48,661 --> 00:38:49,462
>> WONDERFUL.

1218
00:38:49,462 --> 00:38:50,263
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1219
00:38:50,263 --> 00:38:50,964
[APPLAUSE]

1220
00:38:50,964 --> 00:38:55,268
>> AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE

1221
00:38:55,268 --> 00:38:56,636
SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE

1222
00:38:56,636 --> 00:38:57,671
THAT WANT TO COMMENT.

1223
00:38:57,671 --> 00:38:59,673
I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK OVER

1224
00:38:59,673 --> 00:39:00,140
TO WELLS.

1225
00:39:00,140 --> 00:39:02,475
>> I'M HERE WITH BRIDGET HALL

1226
00:39:02,475 --> 00:39:04,878
WHO IS WITH THE WORKERS DEFENSE

1227
00:39:04,878 --> 00:39:06,179
PROGRAM WHO WE HEARD WITH

1228
00:39:06,179 --> 00:39:06,546
EARLIER.

1229
00:39:06,546 --> 00:39:07,981
THEY'RE PUSHING SOME SOLUTIONS

1230
00:39:07,981 --> 00:39:09,516
OF THEIR OWN IN THE WAY OF VOTER

1231
00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:10,617
INFORMATION AND GETTING

1232
00:39:10,617 --> 00:39:12,218
INFORMATION IN VOTER'S HANDS BUT

1233
00:39:12,218 --> 00:39:14,120
YOU WANTED TO TELL US SOME ABOUT

1234
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,221
YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SETBACKS

1235
00:39:15,221 --> 00:39:15,922
THERE, I GUESS.

1236
00:39:15,922 --> 00:39:17,223
>> YES, SO I AM WITH THE

1237
00:39:17,223 --> 00:39:19,025
WORKER'S DEFENSE PROJECT AND I

1238
00:39:19,025 --> 00:39:20,827
WAS ACTUALLY JUST IN THAT VIDEO,

1239
00:39:20,827 --> 00:39:22,962
SO FUNNY TIMING, BUT I ALSO JUST

1240
00:39:22,962 --> 00:39:24,264
WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON A FEW

1241
00:39:24,264 --> 00:39:25,565
THINGS I SAID IN THAT VIDEO

1242
00:39:25,565 --> 00:39:26,766
ABOUT OTHER WAYS TO GET

1243
00:39:26,766 --> 00:39:29,502
CIVICALLY ENGAGED.

1244
00:39:29,502 --> 00:39:31,204
THE WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT IS

1245
00:39:31,204 --> 00:39:32,405
ADVOCACY WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR

1246
00:39:32,405 --> 00:39:33,506
WORKING MEMBERS AND SO FOR

1247
00:39:33,506 --> 00:39:36,409
EXAMPLE, TODAY WE WERE AT THE

1248
00:39:36,409 --> 00:39:37,811
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT

1249
00:39:37,811 --> 00:39:39,412
TRYING TO LOBBY FOR LIVING WAGES

1250
00:39:39,412 --> 00:39:41,014
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR

1251
00:39:41,014 --> 00:39:42,415
HUGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT

1252
00:39:42,415 --> 00:39:43,216
COME INTO AUSTIN.

1253
00:39:43,216 --> 00:39:45,118
WE FREQUENTLY GO TO CITY COUNCIL

1254
00:39:45,118 --> 00:39:46,619
MEETINGS TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF

1255
00:39:46,619 --> 00:39:48,521
OUR WORKERS, SO, YOU KNOW,

1256
00:39:48,521 --> 00:39:50,724
VOTING IS ONE IMPORTANT PART,

1257
00:39:50,724 --> 00:39:52,225
BUT THERE'S ALSO WAYS THAT YOU

1258
00:39:52,225 --> 00:39:54,127
CAN BE MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN

1259
00:39:54,127 --> 00:39:55,528
THE SYSTEM AND ADVOCATE FOR THE

1260
00:39:55,528 --> 00:39:56,429
NEEDS OF PEOPLE.

1261
00:39:56,429 --> 00:39:58,231
ALSO WITH THE WORKER'S DEFENSE

1262
00:39:58,231 --> 00:40:00,333
PROJECT, I AM WORKING ON PUTTING

1263
00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:02,335
TOGETHER A VOTER GUIDE, WITH,

1264
00:40:02,335 --> 00:40:03,937
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT OUT A LIST

1265
00:40:03,937 --> 00:40:05,872
OF QUESTIONS TO CANDIDATES IN

1266
00:40:05,872 --> 00:40:07,474
RACES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN,

1267
00:40:07,474 --> 00:40:09,075
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME

1268
00:40:09,075 --> 00:40:10,877
RESPONSES TO THEN GIVE THAT

1269
00:40:10,877 --> 00:40:12,779
INFORMATION TO VOTERS, AND IT'S

1270
00:40:12,779 --> 00:40:15,582
BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING, ONE

1271
00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:17,183
JUST TO EVEN GET IN TOUCH WITH

1272
00:40:17,183 --> 00:40:18,785
ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES, AND

1273
00:40:18,785 --> 00:40:20,320
THEN, TWO, TO ACTUALLY GET

1274
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,821
RESPONSES BACK FROM THEM, SO I

1275
00:40:21,821 --> 00:40:23,156
JUST WANTED TO ASK THE PANEL,

1276
00:40:23,156 --> 00:40:24,657
YOU KNOW, I HEARD A COUPLE OF

1277
00:40:24,657 --> 00:40:26,159
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE

1278
00:40:26,159 --> 00:40:28,061
OF EDUCATING AND EDUCATING

1279
00:40:28,061 --> 00:40:29,863
VOTERS AND BEING INFORMED ABOUT

1280
00:40:29,863 --> 00:40:31,264
WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BALLOT,

1281
00:40:31,264 --> 00:40:32,866
AND I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF

1282
00:40:32,866 --> 00:40:34,467
YOU MAYBE HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS

1283
00:40:34,467 --> 00:40:37,070
OR INSIGHTS ON -- ON OTHER WAYS

1284
00:40:37,070 --> 00:40:38,872
THAT COULD HAPPEN, VOTER GUIDES

1285
00:40:38,872 --> 00:40:40,874
SEEM TO BE A REALLY COMMON WAY,

1286
00:40:40,874 --> 00:40:43,276
BUT IT'S A VERY TIME INTENSIVE,

1287
00:40:43,276 --> 00:40:46,312
PERSON-POWER-INTENSIVE PROCESS.

1288
00:40:46,312 --> 00:40:47,714
SO MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE SOME OTHER

1289
00:40:47,714 --> 00:40:49,315
ADVICE ON THAT.

1290
00:40:49,315 --> 00:40:51,017
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIDGET,

1291
00:40:51,017 --> 00:40:52,519
AND I THINK BECAUSE WE WANT TO

1292
00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:54,120
GET AS MANY COMMENTS IN AS

1293
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,322
POSSIBLE, I'D LOVE TO GO BACK TO

1294
00:40:56,322 --> 00:40:58,324
JOY GET A FEW MORE COMMENTS AND

1295
00:40:58,324 --> 00:41:00,527
THEN WE'LL ASK OUR PANELISTS TO

1296
00:41:00,527 --> 00:41:02,462
COMMENT, OR ANSWER BACK.

1297
00:41:02,462 --> 00:41:03,163
OKAY?

1298
00:41:03,163 --> 00:41:03,463
JOY.

1299
00:41:03,463 --> 00:41:06,366
>> YOU KNOW, MOHAMMED IS 19

1300
00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:07,767
YEARS OLD AND ONE OF THE

1301
00:41:07,767 --> 00:41:09,469
CHALLENGES THAT HE FACES IS THE

1302
00:41:09,469 --> 00:41:11,971
DISCOURAGEMENT OF HAVING TWO

1303
00:41:11,971 --> 00:41:12,872
CHOICES ONLY.

1304
00:41:12,872 --> 00:41:13,973
>> UH-HUH.

1305
00:41:13,973 --> 00:41:17,177
>> SO KIND OF CAME UP WITH THIS

1306
00:41:17,177 --> 00:41:19,979
CRIP AND BLOOD THEORY, TWO

1307
00:41:19,979 --> 00:41:21,014
DIFFERENT GANG ORGANIZATIONS

1308
00:41:21,014 --> 00:41:22,415
KIND OF GOING FOR THE SAME

1309
00:41:22,415 --> 00:41:24,617
THING, ONE IS RED AND ONE BLUE.

1310
00:41:24,617 --> 00:41:26,019
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M A PART OF

1311
00:41:26,019 --> 00:41:26,186
THEM.

1312
00:41:26,186 --> 00:41:27,520
I DON'T GO TO THEIR MONTHLY

1313
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,122
MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

1314
00:41:29,122 --> 00:41:30,824
AND THEY'RE JUST FIGHTING EACH

1315
00:41:30,824 --> 00:41:31,825
OTHER FOR THE SAME THING.

1316
00:41:31,825 --> 00:41:33,226
I KIND OF SEE THAT IN THE

1317
00:41:33,226 --> 00:41:35,028
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES.

1318
00:41:35,028 --> 00:41:36,196
FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE PLAYING

1319
00:41:36,196 --> 00:41:37,731
THIS NAME GAME.

1320
00:41:37,731 --> 00:41:39,833
THEY CALL EACH OTHER OUT.

1321
00:41:39,833 --> 00:41:41,968
YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, MCCAIN, WHAT

1322
00:41:41,968 --> 00:41:43,770
ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO CUT THE

1323
00:41:43,770 --> 00:41:44,871
TAXES.

1324
00:41:44,871 --> 00:41:47,574
WELL, BARAK OBAMA IS GOING TO DO

1325
00:41:47,574 --> 00:41:48,074
THIS.

1326
00:41:48,074 --> 00:41:49,676
YOU ASK BARAK OBAMA THE SAME

1327
00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:51,144
QUESTION, HE GOES, WELL, MCCAIN

1328
00:41:51,144 --> 00:41:52,779
IS GOING TO DO THIS.

1329
00:41:52,779 --> 00:41:54,481
THIS WHOLE GANG THEORY OF TWO

1330
00:41:54,481 --> 00:41:55,515
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS GOING

1331
00:41:55,515 --> 00:41:57,217
AGAINST EACH OTHER MAKES IT HARD

1332
00:41:57,217 --> 00:41:58,718
SAY I WANT TO VOTE FOR WHAT IS

1333
00:41:58,718 --> 00:41:59,919
BETTER FOR AMERICA.

1334
00:41:59,919 --> 00:42:02,522
I DON'T WANT TO VOTE AS DEMOCRAT

1335
00:42:02,522 --> 00:42:03,823
OR REPUBLICAN.

1336
00:42:03,823 --> 00:42:05,825
DISCOURAGING US, WE'RE NOT PART

1337
00:42:05,825 --> 00:42:07,327
OF THESE PEOPLE, WE DON'T EVEN

1338
00:42:07,327 --> 00:42:08,828
AGREE WITH THEM, AND LIKE THE

1339
00:42:08,828 --> 00:42:10,730
WHOLE, AGAIN, THE NAME GAME,

1340
00:42:10,730 --> 00:42:13,366
NEWS AND MEDIA, HEY REPUBLICANS,

1341
00:42:13,366 --> 00:42:15,068
DEMOCRATS, DO THIS, IT'S ALL

1342
00:42:15,068 --> 00:42:16,169
LIKE ONE STRAIGHT LINE.

1343
00:42:16,169 --> 00:42:17,704
WHAT IF I'M NOT PART OF THAT

1344
00:42:17,704 --> 00:42:18,004
LINE?

1345
00:42:18,004 --> 00:42:19,839
AND VOTING MAKES ME KIND OF FEEL

1346
00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:21,675
LIKE YOU'RE PAYING THEIR GAME.

1347
00:42:21,675 --> 00:42:23,576
WHICH GANG ARE YOU WITH.

1348
00:42:23,576 --> 00:42:25,979
WHICH CREW ARE YOU HANGING OUT

1349
00:42:25,979 --> 00:42:26,279
WITH.

1350
00:42:26,279 --> 00:42:27,380
IT'S DISCOURAGING.

1351
00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:29,382
I THINK THAT WHOLE DEMOCRAT,

1352
00:42:29,382 --> 00:42:31,384
REPUBLICAN, THAT NAME GAME MAKES

1353
00:42:31,384 --> 00:42:33,119
IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE AND

1354
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:34,320
PICK WHICH GROUP THEY'RE WITH.

1355
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,122
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

1356
00:42:36,122 --> 00:42:38,124
I THINK IT'S A --

1357
00:42:38,124 --> 00:42:38,925
[APPLAUSE]

1358
00:42:38,925 --> 00:42:41,428
-- A SENTIMENT THAT MANY OTHERS

1359
00:42:41,428 --> 00:42:43,263
WOULD SHARE IN THE ROOM, AND

1360
00:42:43,263 --> 00:42:44,698
AGAIN I THINK WE WANT TO JUST

1361
00:42:44,698 --> 00:42:46,232
KEEP GOING AND HEAR SOME MORE

1362
00:42:46,232 --> 00:42:47,834
COMMENTS AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL

1363
00:42:47,834 --> 00:42:48,935
HAVE A COMMENT BACK TO

1364
00:42:48,935 --> 00:42:50,036
MOHAMMED'S POINT.

1365
00:42:50,036 --> 00:42:53,239
SO IF WE COULD GO BACK TO YOU,

1366
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:53,640
WELLS.

1367
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:54,240
>> OKAY.

1368
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:54,641
TERRIFIC.

1369
00:42:54,641 --> 00:42:56,876
I'M HERE WITH ROCHELLE

1370
00:42:56,876 --> 00:43:02,582
CHAMBERLAIN, SHE HAS WHAT SOUNDS

1371
00:43:02,582 --> 00:43:03,883
LIKE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS FOR

1372
00:43:03,883 --> 00:43:05,585
HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN VOTING

1373
00:43:05,585 --> 00:43:06,886
AND MORE DIRECT CIVIC

1374
00:43:06,886 --> 00:43:07,587
PARTICIPATION.

1375
00:43:07,587 --> 00:43:09,923
>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,

1376
00:43:09,923 --> 00:43:11,725
EVERYBODY IS KIND OF APATHETIC

1377
00:43:11,725 --> 00:43:13,626
THESE DAYS, I KNOW THAT I AM.

1378
00:43:13,626 --> 00:43:15,228
AND I KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE EQUALS

1379
00:43:15,228 --> 00:43:17,130
POWER, THAT IF YOU KNOW, YOU

1380
00:43:17,130 --> 00:43:18,231
KNOW WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE

1381
00:43:18,231 --> 00:43:19,833
SAYING, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS

1382
00:43:19,833 --> 00:43:21,401
GOING ON IN THE ELECTIONS, THEN

1383
00:43:21,401 --> 00:43:22,602
YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A

1384
00:43:22,602 --> 00:43:24,804
DIFFERENCE, AND I JUST RECENTLY

1385
00:43:24,804 --> 00:43:26,606
STARTED TO LISTEN TO NPR ALMOST

1386
00:43:26,606 --> 00:43:27,107
DAILY.

1387
00:43:27,107 --> 00:43:29,709
AT FIRST IT WAS SO INTIMIDATING.

1388
00:43:29,709 --> 00:43:31,611
NOW I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I KNOW

1389
00:43:31,611 --> 00:43:32,912
WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S NOT THAT

1390
00:43:32,912 --> 00:43:34,314
HARD, YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT

1391
00:43:34,314 --> 00:43:34,614
THE TIME.

1392
00:43:34,614 --> 00:43:36,416
BUT I DID FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT A

1393
00:43:36,416 --> 00:43:37,717
LOT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WE COULD

1394
00:43:37,717 --> 00:43:39,119
DO PERSONALLY.

1395
00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:40,553
I THOUGHT ABOUT GOING DOWN TO

1396
00:43:40,553 --> 00:43:41,955
THE POST OFFICE AND GRABBING A

1397
00:43:41,955 --> 00:43:43,256
STACK OF VOTER REGISTRATION

1398
00:43:43,256 --> 00:43:44,958
FORMS AND PUTTING THEM IN MY

1399
00:43:44,958 --> 00:43:46,459
PURSE, SAYING TO EVERY PERSON

1400
00:43:46,459 --> 00:43:47,360
THAT I MET, ARE YOU REGISTERED

1401
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,262
TO VOTE, ARE YOU REGISTERED TO

1402
00:43:49,262 --> 00:43:49,662
VOTE.

1403
00:43:49,662 --> 00:43:51,364
THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS

1404
00:43:51,364 --> 00:43:54,067
OCTOBER 9th, DO YOU KNOW THAT?

1405
00:43:54,067 --> 00:43:56,269
AND I FOUND THIS ON THE WAY IN.

1406
00:43:56,269 --> 00:43:58,471
VOTER SELF DEFENSE MANUAL, GO TO

1407
00:43:58,471 --> 00:44:00,573
VOTESMART.ORG .

1408
00:44:00,573 --> 00:44:02,575
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.

1409
00:44:02,575 --> 00:44:04,277
WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS?

1410
00:44:04,277 --> 00:44:05,578
WHY AREN'T THESE THINGS ALL OVER

1411
00:44:05,578 --> 00:44:06,279
THE PLACE?

1412
00:44:06,279 --> 00:44:07,881
I WISH THAT I SAW, YOU KNOW, A

1413
00:44:07,881 --> 00:44:09,582
HUGE POSTER ON THE SIDE OF A

1414
00:44:09,582 --> 00:44:11,718
BUILDING THAT HAD MITT ROMNEY

1415
00:44:11,718 --> 00:44:14,020
AND OBAMA AND THREE OF THE

1416
00:44:14,020 --> 00:44:15,522
INDEPENDENT PARTIES WITH ALL OF

1417
00:44:15,522 --> 00:44:17,123
THEIR VIEWS THAT I COULD JUST

1418
00:44:17,123 --> 00:44:19,426
LOOK AT WHILE I'M SITTING THERE

1419
00:44:19,426 --> 00:44:21,327
AT 8 A.M. TRAFFIC.

1420
00:44:21,327 --> 00:44:22,929
YOU KNOW, I MEAN MAYBE THAT

1421
00:44:22,929 --> 00:44:24,531
REACHES A SMALL PORTION, BUT IF

1422
00:44:24,531 --> 00:44:26,132
WE COULD GET INTO GROCERY

1423
00:44:26,132 --> 00:44:26,933
STORES.

1424
00:44:26,933 --> 00:44:28,935
IF WE COULD GET INTO PEOPLE ON

1425
00:44:28,935 --> 00:44:29,469
THE STREET.

1426
00:44:29,469 --> 00:44:30,770
YOU CAN GO DOWN TO THE POST

1427
00:44:30,770 --> 00:44:31,971
OFFICE AND PICK UP VOTER

1428
00:44:31,971 --> 00:44:33,473
REGISTRATION FORMS AND PASS THEM

1429
00:44:33,473 --> 00:44:34,574
OUT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

1430
00:44:34,574 --> 00:44:35,175
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

1431
00:44:35,175 --> 00:44:36,476
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1432
00:44:36,476 --> 00:44:37,877
[APPLAUSE]

1433
00:44:37,877 --> 00:44:39,879
>> AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A

1434
00:44:39,879 --> 00:44:42,082
NUMBER OF GROUPS HERE THAT

1435
00:44:42,082 --> 00:44:43,783
REGISTER VOTERS, AND THEY'RE

1436
00:44:43,783 --> 00:44:45,485
PROBABLY ALL GOING TO BE WANT TO

1437
00:44:45,485 --> 00:44:47,787
SIGN YOU UP AS THEIR VOLUNTEER

1438
00:44:47,787 --> 00:44:48,788
RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW.

1439
00:44:48,788 --> 00:44:50,290
SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO JOY AND

1440
00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:51,491
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT AND

1441
00:44:51,491 --> 00:44:52,992
THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO OUR

1442
00:44:52,992 --> 00:44:53,093
PANEL.

1443
00:44:53,093 --> 00:44:55,195
>> YES, CARMEN, 27 YEARS OLD,

1444
00:44:55,195 --> 00:44:58,598
AND SHE HAS GREAT IDEAS FOR US

1445
00:44:58,598 --> 00:44:59,599
TO GET INVOLVED.

1446
00:44:59,599 --> 00:44:59,899
CARMEN?

1447
00:44:59,899 --> 00:45:00,700
>> THANKS.

1448
00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:01,901
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THE

1449
00:45:01,901 --> 00:45:03,403
PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE AND HOW

1450
00:45:03,403 --> 00:45:05,005
PLUGGED IN WE ARE ON A LOCAL

1451
00:45:05,005 --> 00:45:05,505
LEVEL.

1452
00:45:05,505 --> 00:45:06,806
WHEN OCCUPY WAS MENTIONED, I

1453
00:45:06,806 --> 00:45:09,809
THOUGHT OF A MESSAGE THAT GRACE,

1454
00:45:09,809 --> 00:45:12,212
96-YEAR-OLD ACTIVIST AND

1455
00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:14,114
ACADEMIC AND ADVOCATE IN DETROIT

1456
00:45:14,114 --> 00:45:15,815
GAVE TO THE YOUNG OCCUPIERS, AND

1457
00:45:15,815 --> 00:45:17,417
SHE SAID, "DO SOMETHING LOCAL

1458
00:45:17,417 --> 00:45:19,019
AND DON'T DISS THE POLITICAL

1459
00:45:19,019 --> 00:45:20,754
SYSTEMS, BUT UNDERSTAND THEIR

1460
00:45:20,754 --> 00:45:22,188
LIMITATIONS" AND I THINK WHEN

1461
00:45:22,188 --> 00:45:23,490
YOU START TO TALK TO YOUNG

1462
00:45:23,490 --> 00:45:24,491
PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT

1463
00:45:24,491 --> 00:45:25,892
DIRECTLY AFFECT THEM LOCALLY AND

1464
00:45:25,892 --> 00:45:27,293
THEY GET ENGAGED IN ANY AVENUE,

1465
00:45:27,293 --> 00:45:28,895
WE BEGIN TO SEE THAT VOTING IS

1466
00:45:28,895 --> 00:45:30,997
REALLY A PIECE IN THIS HUGE

1467
00:45:30,997 --> 00:45:33,800
PUZZLE OF CIVIL ENGAGEMENT THAT

1468
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,201
INVOLVES A LOT MORE TIME AND

1469
00:45:35,201 --> 00:45:36,102
COMMITMENT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T

1470
00:45:36,102 --> 00:45:39,005
BEEN ENGAGED IN THOSE LOCAL

1471
00:45:39,005 --> 00:45:41,107
ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES, THEN

1472
00:45:41,107 --> 00:45:43,109
YOU GET TO THE POLLING PLACE AND

1473
00:45:43,109 --> 00:45:44,611
YOU'RE COMPLETELY CONFUSED BY

1474
00:45:44,611 --> 00:45:46,513
THESE PROPOSITIONS AND THESE

1475
00:45:46,513 --> 00:45:48,314
LONG, LENGTHY WORDY THINGS AND

1476
00:45:48,314 --> 00:45:49,516
YOU FEEL LEFT OUT.

1477
00:45:49,516 --> 00:45:51,317
BUT WHEN YOU DO START GETTING

1478
00:45:51,317 --> 00:45:53,219
INVOLVED ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, YOU

1479
00:45:53,219 --> 00:45:54,320
START TO LEARN THINGS, LIKE THAT

1480
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,122
YOU HAVE STATE LEGISLATORS THAT

1481
00:45:56,122 --> 00:45:58,124
WERE ELECTED BY 15 OR 20 VOTES,

1482
00:45:58,124 --> 00:46:00,226
SO, YES, OUR VOTE DOES COUNT.

1483
00:46:00,226 --> 00:46:02,429
YOU START LEARNING THAT AUSTIN

1484
00:46:02,429 --> 00:46:05,865
IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE

1485
00:46:05,865 --> 00:46:07,267
COUNTRY WITHOUT GEOGRAPHIC

1486
00:46:07,267 --> 00:46:08,568
REPRESENTATION, YOU DON'T SEE

1487
00:46:08,568 --> 00:46:10,170
LOCAL OFFICIALS IN YOUR GROCERY

1488
00:46:10,170 --> 00:46:11,271
STORE OR ON THE STREET, BECAUSE

1489
00:46:11,271 --> 00:46:14,274
THEY LIVE IN THREE ZIP CODES,

1490
00:46:14,274 --> 00:46:15,275
THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN GET

1491
00:46:15,275 --> 00:46:17,677
INVOLVED IN AND CHANGE, YOU ALSO

1492
00:46:17,677 --> 00:46:18,978
COMMIT YOURSELF TO A STRUGGLE

1493
00:46:18,978 --> 00:46:20,714
ONLY TO SEE ALL THIS WORK GO

1494
00:46:20,714 --> 00:46:22,415
FORWARD AND A COUPLE OF CROOKED

1495
00:46:22,415 --> 00:46:24,050
POLITICIANS MIGHT SWEEP IT OUT

1496
00:46:24,050 --> 00:46:25,518
FROM UNDER YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT,

1497
00:46:25,518 --> 00:46:27,153
YOU KEEP VOTING, BECAUSE YOU

1498
00:46:27,153 --> 00:46:28,955
KNOW IT'S A PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE

1499
00:46:28,955 --> 00:46:31,157
AND THERE ALWAYS IS A WAY TO DO

1500
00:46:31,157 --> 00:46:32,759
THAT, THE BEST WAY TO PEG

1501
00:46:32,759 --> 00:46:34,961
INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR CULTURE

1502
00:46:34,961 --> 00:46:37,364
IS THROUGH DIALOGUE, THROUGH

1503
00:46:37,364 --> 00:46:38,865
TAKING OUR KIDS WITH US TO THE

1504
00:46:38,865 --> 00:46:39,966
POLLING PLACE AND TAKING THIS

1505
00:46:39,966 --> 00:46:41,267
CONVERSATION BACK TO THE LOCAL

1506
00:46:41,267 --> 00:46:42,769
LEVEL WHERE IT'S NOT ALWAYS

1507
00:46:42,769 --> 00:46:44,771
PARTISAN POLITICS AND SOMETIMES

1508
00:46:44,771 --> 00:46:46,740
IT REAL I IS A HANDFUL OF VOTES

1509
00:46:46,740 --> 00:46:47,874
THAT CHANGES THE FUTURE FOR ALL

1510
00:46:47,874 --> 00:46:48,174
OF US.

1511
00:46:48,174 --> 00:46:48,908
>> WONDERFUL.

1512
00:46:48,908 --> 00:46:49,709
THANKS SO MUCH.

1513
00:46:49,709 --> 00:46:50,310
[APPLAUSE]

1514
00:46:50,310 --> 00:46:54,514
>> WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER

1515
00:46:54,514 --> 00:46:55,315
COMMENT FOR US?

1516
00:46:55,315 --> 00:46:56,616
>> SURE.

1517
00:46:56,616 --> 00:46:58,218
I'M HERE WITH STEVEN.

1518
00:46:58,218 --> 00:46:59,519
HE'S A 17-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL

1519
00:46:59,519 --> 00:47:01,021
SENIOR, I THINK HE WANTS TO TALK

1520
00:47:01,021 --> 00:47:02,622
SOME ABOUT THE REAL LIFE

1521
00:47:02,622 --> 00:47:04,324
PRESSURES THAT STUDENTS IN HIGH

1522
00:47:04,324 --> 00:47:06,526
SCHOOL FACE THAT MAY IMPEDE THEM

1523
00:47:06,526 --> 00:47:07,227
FROM VOTING.

1524
00:47:07,227 --> 00:47:08,428
>> UH-HUH.

1525
00:47:08,428 --> 00:47:09,829
>> SO I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT

1526
00:47:09,829 --> 00:47:11,131
NOW, AND I FEEL LIKE -- AND

1527
00:47:11,131 --> 00:47:12,532
BECAUSE I'M IN SPEECH AND

1528
00:47:12,532 --> 00:47:14,134
DEBATE, I FEEL THAT THAT MAY BE

1529
00:47:14,134 --> 00:47:15,735
THE ONLY REASON WHY I KNOW SO

1530
00:47:15,735 --> 00:47:18,838
MUCH ABOUT POLITICS, BECAUSE IN

1531
00:47:18,838 --> 00:47:20,473
MY SCHOOL, THERE'S A LOT OF

1532
00:47:20,473 --> 00:47:21,975
PRESSURE WITH WORK, AND HOME

1533
00:47:21,975 --> 00:47:23,576
WORK AND TESTS AND THINGS, AND

1534
00:47:23,576 --> 00:47:26,479
SO I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAVE

1535
00:47:26,479 --> 00:47:28,581
THE TIME TO ACTUALLY LIKE STUDY

1536
00:47:28,581 --> 00:47:31,384
ANYTHING REGARDING THE POLITICS

1537
00:47:31,384 --> 00:47:34,187
AND SO EVERY -- ALL OF OUR FOCUS

1538
00:47:34,187 --> 00:47:35,488
IS ON HOME WORK AND SCHOOL WORK

1539
00:47:35,488 --> 00:47:37,190
AND SO A LOT OF THE -- A LOT OF

1540
00:47:37,190 --> 00:47:38,992
THE POLITICAL ISSUES ARE THROWN

1541
00:47:38,992 --> 00:47:41,494
TO THE WAYSIDE WHILE WE -- AND

1542
00:47:41,494 --> 00:47:44,798
THE ONLY REASON THAT -- AND THE

1543
00:47:44,798 --> 00:47:45,999
ONLY REASON THAT I'M ABLE TO

1544
00:47:45,999 --> 00:47:47,400
KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE I DO

1545
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,102
RESEARCH ON THESE KIND OF

1546
00:47:49,102 --> 00:47:52,205
THINGS, AND I THINK THAT

1547
00:47:52,205 --> 00:47:55,108
MAYBE -- MAKING -- MAKING LIKE

1548
00:47:55,108 --> 00:47:58,712
ELECTIONS AND POLITICS MORE LIKE

1549
00:47:58,712 --> 00:48:00,647
MORE INVOLVED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES

1550
00:48:00,647 --> 00:48:03,049
AND MORE IMPACTFUL MAY GET

1551
00:48:03,049 --> 00:48:05,552
PEOPLE TO LIKE LOOK AT STUFF,

1552
00:48:05,552 --> 00:48:07,354
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE OTHER

1553
00:48:07,354 --> 00:48:08,355
THINGS ON THEIR PLATE.

1554
00:48:08,355 --> 00:48:09,255
>> UH-HUH.

1555
00:48:09,255 --> 00:48:09,756
WONDERFUL.

1556
00:48:09,756 --> 00:48:10,657
THANKS SO MUCH.

1557
00:48:10,657 --> 00:48:13,760
I WANT TO NOW ASK OUR PANELISTS

1558
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,795
TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE

1559
00:48:15,795 --> 00:48:16,896
COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD.

1560
00:48:16,896 --> 00:48:18,598
THERE'S SO MUCH EXPERTISE IN THE

1561
00:48:18,598 --> 00:48:19,699
ROOM, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I

1562
00:48:19,699 --> 00:48:22,135
WANT TO SAY, AND -- AND IF WE

1563
00:48:22,135 --> 00:48:23,436
COULD JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS

1564
00:48:23,436 --> 00:48:25,338
LIKE THIS MORE OFTEN, I THINK WE

1565
00:48:25,338 --> 00:48:27,140
WOULD LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TO

1566
00:48:27,140 --> 00:48:27,741
DO BETTER.

1567
00:48:27,741 --> 00:48:28,942
BUT WHAT COMES TO MIND IN

1568
00:48:28,942 --> 00:48:31,044
HEARING THESE -- THESE -- THESE

1569
00:48:31,044 --> 00:48:32,145
VOICES OUT HERE?

1570
00:48:32,145 --> 00:48:33,813
WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSES?

1571
00:48:33,813 --> 00:48:36,649
>> WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND --

1572
00:48:36,649 --> 00:48:39,652
>> GO AHEAD, PAULINA.

1573
00:48:39,652 --> 00:48:41,955
>> SO KIND OF GATHERING FROM A

1574
00:48:41,955 --> 00:48:43,556
GENERAL CONSENSUS FROM THE

1575
00:48:43,556 --> 00:48:45,558
COMMENTS THAT I HEARD JUST NOW,

1576
00:48:45,558 --> 00:48:47,660
IT SEEMS LIKE, ONE, THERE'S A

1577
00:48:47,660 --> 00:48:49,963
LOT OF DIFFERENT REFORM THAT

1578
00:48:49,963 --> 00:48:51,765
SHOULD BE MADE WHEN IT COMES TO

1579
00:48:51,765 --> 00:48:53,566
VOTING AND WHEN IT COMES TO

1580
00:48:53,566 --> 00:48:55,268
BEING EDUCATED ON THE POLITICAL

1581
00:48:55,268 --> 00:48:56,369
ISSUES AND ON THE POLITICAL

1582
00:48:56,369 --> 00:48:57,771
SYSTEM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I

1583
00:48:57,771 --> 00:48:58,872
THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT

1584
00:48:58,872 --> 00:49:01,608
I WANT TO POSE OUT THERE IS

1585
00:49:01,608 --> 00:49:03,009
OKAY, LIKE, WE HAVE THESE IDEAS,

1586
00:49:03,009 --> 00:49:05,278
WE HAVE THESE SUGGESTIONS, SO,

1587
00:49:05,278 --> 00:49:09,616
YOU KNOW, ONE, CAN WE FEASIBLY

1588
00:49:09,616 --> 00:49:10,116
IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE

1589
00:49:10,116 --> 00:49:11,117
SUGGESTIONS IN OUR CITY, WHETHER

1590
00:49:11,117 --> 00:49:12,919
IT'S -- WHETHER IT'S LOCAL OR

1591
00:49:12,919 --> 00:49:15,221
STATE OR IT COULD BECOME

1592
00:49:15,221 --> 00:49:15,722
NATIONAL.

1593
00:49:15,722 --> 00:49:17,957
SO THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION:

1594
00:49:17,957 --> 00:49:19,559
HOW CAN WE FEASIBLY AND

1595
00:49:19,559 --> 00:49:21,094
PRACTICALLY SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS

1596
00:49:21,094 --> 00:49:22,696
AND SOLVE THESE SOLUTIONS?

1597
00:49:22,696 --> 00:49:24,497
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES BACK

1598
00:49:24,497 --> 00:49:26,399
TO MAYBE ENGAGING OUR ELECTED

1599
00:49:26,399 --> 00:49:28,001
OFFICIALS ON A LOCAL LEVEL AND

1600
00:49:28,001 --> 00:49:29,803
MAYBE HAVING A ROUND TABLE

1601
00:49:29,803 --> 00:49:30,904
DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND BEING

1602
00:49:30,904 --> 00:49:32,605
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE

1603
00:49:32,605 --> 00:49:34,407
SUGGESTIONS, THESE ARE OUR

1604
00:49:34,407 --> 00:49:36,309
FEELINGS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE

1605
00:49:36,309 --> 00:49:37,711
YOUR SUGGESTIONS FROM BEING IN

1606
00:49:37,711 --> 00:49:39,713
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND FROM

1607
00:49:39,713 --> 00:49:41,214
BEING ELECTED OFFICIALS.

1608
00:49:41,214 --> 00:49:42,716
MY QUESTION IS MORE GEARED

1609
00:49:42,716 --> 00:49:44,017
TOWARD, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE HAVE

1610
00:49:44,017 --> 00:49:46,720
THESE -- OR WE HAVE A LOT OF

1611
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:47,921
THESE -- A LOT OF THESE

1612
00:49:47,921 --> 00:49:49,923
QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THESE

1613
00:49:49,923 --> 00:49:52,625
CLEAVES TO MAKE CHANGES, SO HOW

1614
00:49:52,625 --> 00:49:54,327
CAN WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND

1615
00:49:54,327 --> 00:49:56,629
IMPLEMENT THEM FOR OUR FUTURE

1616
00:49:56,629 --> 00:49:57,764
GENERATIONS TO COME?

1617
00:49:57,764 --> 00:50:00,066
THIS COULD BE OUR IMPACT.

1618
00:50:00,066 --> 00:50:01,568
THIS COULD BE OUR LEGACY.

1619
00:50:01,568 --> 00:50:03,870
LET'S START BEING ABOUT FEASIBLE

1620
00:50:03,870 --> 00:50:05,872
SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

1621
00:50:05,872 --> 00:50:07,173
>> AND JEANNIE, HOW DO YOU THINK

1622
00:50:07,173 --> 00:50:08,675
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD

1623
00:50:08,675 --> 00:50:10,176
HELP TO DO MORE TO KIND OF GET

1624
00:50:10,176 --> 00:50:11,878
YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING LIKE WE ARE

1625
00:50:11,878 --> 00:50:12,278
TONIGHT?

1626
00:50:12,278 --> 00:50:14,214
>> SO I SEE A LOT OF HOPE HERE.

1627
00:50:14,214 --> 00:50:15,015
I REALLY DO.

1628
00:50:15,015 --> 00:50:16,683
I'M REALLY FEELING VERY INSPIRED

1629
00:50:16,683 --> 00:50:17,617
BY ALL OF YOU, FIRST OF ALL,

1630
00:50:17,617 --> 00:50:19,819
WITH PAULINA AND DARIAN, AND

1631
00:50:19,819 --> 00:50:21,154
THEN I SEE THIS WHOLE AUDIENCE

1632
00:50:21,154 --> 00:50:23,256
FULL OF ACTIVISTS, NOT JUST

1633
00:50:23,256 --> 00:50:25,558
VOTERS, BUT ACTIVISTS AND THEN I

1634
00:50:25,558 --> 00:50:27,160
EVEN HAVE A STUDENT HERE, SO I'M

1635
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:28,261
VERY PROUD OF HER TOO.

1636
00:50:28,261 --> 00:50:30,463
AT THE ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL,

1637
00:50:30,463 --> 00:50:32,065
SERVICE LEARNING IS VERY MUCH A

1638
00:50:32,065 --> 00:50:33,667
PART OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND

1639
00:50:33,667 --> 00:50:35,268
LAST FRIDAY, ALL OF THE HIGH

1640
00:50:35,268 --> 00:50:38,071
SCHOOLERS WENT TO NONPROFIT --

1641
00:50:38,071 --> 00:50:39,873
NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES AND

1642
00:50:39,873 --> 00:50:44,077
WORKED AND THIS LUNCHTIME, THESE

1643
00:50:44,077 --> 00:50:45,812
GIRLS CAME UP TO ME AND SAID

1644
00:50:45,812 --> 00:50:47,914
WE'D LIKE TO USE OUR LUNCHTIME

1645
00:50:47,914 --> 00:50:50,817
TO RETURN TO THIS PLACE AND HELP

1646
00:50:50,817 --> 00:50:54,821
THEM OUT, AND SO WHAT I SAW WAS

1647
00:50:54,821 --> 00:50:56,423
JUST NOT SOMETHING CONSIDERED A

1648
00:50:56,423 --> 00:50:58,324
CHORE BUT INSTEAD AN OPPORTUNITY

1649
00:50:58,324 --> 00:50:59,926
TO GET ENGAGED IN SOMETHING THEY

1650
00:50:59,926 --> 00:51:00,927
WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND

1651
00:51:00,927 --> 00:51:02,729
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

1652
00:51:02,729 --> 00:51:04,431
IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB ON TO

1653
00:51:04,431 --> 00:51:06,032
A CAUSE AND YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL

1654
00:51:06,032 --> 00:51:07,534
PASSION ABOUT IT, AND THEN THAT

1655
00:51:07,534 --> 00:51:09,536
WAY, THAT LAUNCHES YOU INTO

1656
00:51:09,536 --> 00:51:11,371
BECOMING AN ACTIVIST AND THEN

1657
00:51:11,371 --> 00:51:12,972
EVEN A VOICE AND A VOTER.

1658
00:51:12,972 --> 00:51:15,575
SO SEEING A LOT OF HOPE HERE.

1659
00:51:15,575 --> 00:51:17,777
I DID POLL MY STUDENTS.

1660
00:51:17,777 --> 00:51:19,879
REMEMBER, I HAVE GRADE 6 TO 12,

1661
00:51:19,879 --> 00:51:21,414
SO I PUT THEM ALL ON STAGE AND

1662
00:51:21,414 --> 00:51:22,315
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE

1663
00:51:22,315 --> 00:51:24,117
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THEY SAID

1664
00:51:24,117 --> 00:51:26,419
HEALTH CARE, TAKING CARE OF THE

1665
00:51:26,419 --> 00:51:28,321
DISABILITY -- DISABLED.

1666
00:51:28,321 --> 00:51:30,123
TAKING CARE OF THE HOMELESS.

1667
00:51:30,123 --> 00:51:31,725
GIVING OPPORTUNITY AND VOICE TO

1668
00:51:31,725 --> 00:51:34,027
THE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND

1669
00:51:34,027 --> 00:51:35,228
CERTAINLY THEY WERE AGAINST

1670
00:51:35,228 --> 00:51:36,930
ANIMAL CRUELTY.

1671
00:51:36,930 --> 00:51:39,032
SO -- BUT ANYWAY, TO SEE THAT

1672
00:51:39,032 --> 00:51:40,467
PASSION THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE

1673
00:51:40,467 --> 00:51:42,769
AT THIS AGE, JUST -- I JUST KNOW

1674
00:51:42,769 --> 00:51:44,070
THAT THEY WILL THEN TAKE IT TO

1675
00:51:44,070 --> 00:51:45,372
THE POLL.

1676
00:51:45,372 --> 00:51:46,072
>> UH-HUH.

1677
00:51:46,072 --> 00:51:46,873
THANK YOU, JEANNIE.

1678
00:51:46,873 --> 00:51:48,775
AND I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE

1679
00:51:48,775 --> 00:51:50,377
MORE AUDIENCE COMMENT, SO I'M

1680
00:51:50,377 --> 00:51:52,979
GOING TO GO BACK TO JOY DIAZ.

1681
00:51:52,979 --> 00:51:54,481
>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1682
00:51:54,481 --> 00:51:56,483
RAY IS 19 YEARS OLD AND HE HAS A

1683
00:51:56,483 --> 00:51:58,084
GREAT QUESTION FOR ALL OF US,

1684
00:51:58,084 --> 00:51:58,985
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

1685
00:51:58,985 --> 00:52:01,087
>> WELL, ON THE TOPIC OF

1686
00:52:01,087 --> 00:52:02,689
PERSUADING YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE,

1687
00:52:02,689 --> 00:52:04,924
HOW CAN WE PERSUADE YOUNG

1688
00:52:04,924 --> 00:52:06,526
MINORITIES TO VOTE, ESPECIALLY

1689
00:52:06,526 --> 00:52:08,628
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS,

1690
00:52:08,628 --> 00:52:09,929
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THESE GROUPS

1691
00:52:09,929 --> 00:52:11,431
FEEL THE MOST DISCOURAGED WHEN

1692
00:52:11,431 --> 00:52:12,532
IT COMES TO VOTING.

1693
00:52:12,532 --> 00:52:13,233
>> UH-HUH.

1694
00:52:13,233 --> 00:52:14,334
UH-HUH.

1695
00:52:14,334 --> 00:52:15,635
I THINK WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO

1696
00:52:15,635 --> 00:52:16,236
THAT.

1697
00:52:16,236 --> 00:52:18,138
DARIAN, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.

1698
00:52:18,138 --> 00:52:19,539
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK

1699
00:52:19,539 --> 00:52:23,610
WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITY, AND

1700
00:52:23,610 --> 00:52:26,913
ANYBODY, CULTURE IS A HUGE, HUGE

1701
00:52:26,913 --> 00:52:30,817
ASSET IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, IT'S

1702
00:52:30,817 --> 00:52:34,120
LIKE CULTURE AND EVEN, YOU KNOW,

1703
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:38,024
RELIGION ALSO, BUT CULTURE IS

1704
00:52:38,024 --> 00:52:41,227
A -- IS AN ATTENTION GRABBER.

1705
00:52:41,227 --> 00:52:43,029
IT'S LIKE IF YOU CAN AT LEAST

1706
00:52:43,029 --> 00:52:46,733
UNDERSTAND WHAT MY CULTURE IS

1707
00:52:46,733 --> 00:52:50,437
ABOUT, OR -- JUST IF YOU CAN

1708
00:52:50,437 --> 00:52:54,341
RESPECT IT, I CAN PARTICIPATE

1709
00:52:54,341 --> 00:52:56,042
WITH YOU, OR, YOU KNOW, I

1710
00:52:56,042 --> 00:52:58,645
COULD -- I COULD -- I WOULD BE A

1711
00:52:58,645 --> 00:53:01,147
VOLUNTEER, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

1712
00:53:01,147 --> 00:53:02,949
IT'S JUST LIKE, IF YOU CAN

1713
00:53:02,949 --> 00:53:06,553
SOMEHOW RELATE TO THE WAY -- THE

1714
00:53:06,553 --> 00:53:10,857
WAY I LIVE, MY LIFESTYLE, YOU

1715
00:53:10,857 --> 00:53:12,459
GOT ME.

1716
00:53:12,459 --> 00:53:14,260
>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

1717
00:53:14,260 --> 00:53:15,762
BEAUTIFULLY SAID, THANK YOU,

1718
00:53:15,762 --> 00:53:16,863
DARIAN.

1719
00:53:16,863 --> 00:53:19,265
WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR

1720
00:53:19,265 --> 00:53:20,100
TIME THIS EVENING.

1721
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:21,401
BUT WE HOPE THIS IS JUST THE

1722
00:53:21,401 --> 00:53:22,602
BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BECOME AN

1723
00:53:22,602 --> 00:53:25,105
ONGOING CONVERSATION HERE IN

1724
00:53:25,105 --> 00:53:25,505
AUSTIN.

1725
00:53:25,505 --> 00:53:26,606
WE NEED YOUR HELP IN CONTINUING

1726
00:53:26,606 --> 00:53:27,907
TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE

1727
00:53:27,907 --> 00:53:29,509
LACK OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN

1728
00:53:29,509 --> 00:53:29,909
AUSTIN.

1729
00:53:29,909 --> 00:53:30,844
HERE ARE FIVE THINGS THAT YOU

1730
00:53:30,844 --> 00:53:32,846
CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE YOUR

1731
00:53:32,846 --> 00:53:34,047
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND WORK

1732
00:53:34,047 --> 00:53:35,749
COLLEAGUES TO GET ENGAGED.

1733
00:53:35,749 --> 00:53:37,250
NUMBER ONE, PLAN A DEBATE WATCH

1734
00:53:37,250 --> 00:53:38,752
OR ELECTION NIGHT PARTY, AND

1735
00:53:38,752 --> 00:53:40,754
THAT IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE

1736
00:53:40,754 --> 00:53:41,654
PARTY.

1737
00:53:41,654 --> 00:53:43,857
NUMBER TWO, GET SAVVY ABOUT THE

1738
00:53:43,857 --> 00:53:45,258
CANDIDATES AND THE ISSUES.

1739
00:53:45,258 --> 00:53:47,460
NUMBER THREE, START A

1740
00:53:47,460 --> 00:53:48,762
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ELECTION

1741
00:53:48,762 --> 00:53:51,064
WITH SOMEONE UNEXPECTED.

1742
00:53:51,064 --> 00:53:52,966
NUMBER FOUR, REMIND YOUR FRIENDS

1743
00:53:52,966 --> 00:53:55,201
TO VOTE EARLY OR ON ELECTION

1744
00:53:55,201 --> 00:53:57,203
DAY, NOVEMBER 6th.

1745
00:53:57,203 --> 00:53:59,506
AND NUMBER FIVE, HELP A FRIEND

1746
00:53:59,506 --> 00:54:01,107
FIND THEIR POLLING PLACE AND GET

1747
00:54:01,107 --> 00:54:02,108
TO THE POLLS.

1748
00:54:02,108 --> 00:54:03,610
AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH TWO

1749
00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:06,112
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

1750
00:54:06,112 --> 00:54:08,014
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE

1751
00:54:08,014 --> 00:54:09,816
HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY IS

1752
00:54:09,816 --> 00:54:11,618
OCTOBER 9th AND EARLY VOTING

1753
00:54:11,618 --> 00:54:13,920
BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 22ND.

1754
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,321
TO KEEP INFORMED ABOUT THIS

1755
00:54:15,321 --> 00:54:17,123
PROJECT AND TO LEARN ABOUT THE

1756
00:54:17,123 --> 00:54:19,459
NEXT EVENT IN OUR SERIES, PLEASE

1757
00:54:19,459 --> 00:54:24,264
VISIT WHYBOTHERTEXAS.ORG .

1758
00:54:24,264 --> 00:54:25,865
ON BEHALF OF KUT.

1759
00:54:25,865 --> 00:54:27,667
KLRU, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS

1760
00:54:27,667 --> 00:54:29,336
INSTITUTE FOR CIVIC LIFE, THANK

1761
00:54:29,336 --> 00:54:30,970
YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

1762
00:54:30,970 --> 00:54:32,772
GOOD EVENING.

1763
00:54:32,772 --> 00:54:36,772
[APPLAUSE]