Our Project
This summer, we came together around seminar tables at Columbia University to read and discuss the words of Plato, Locke, Douglass, King, Obama and so many other great writers. Their texts asked us to consider if we are born free and live in chains, whether we have the right to fight against a system that oppresses the minority, and what obligations we have as citizens to our communities and the world.
In September, we brought those questions with us as we came together to watch the presidential debates. We saw the candidates debate some of the issues closest to our hearts, like global warming, college tuition, immigration, and gender equality. Other issues they taught us to care more about, like the refugee crisis in Syria. And then some they never considered, like police violence and the plight of modern-day slaves, forcing us to ask why these issues remained silenced.
Over the next seven months we researched the greatest problems confronting our generation. We asked why they hadn't been solved already, we debated which solutions were possible and which were fantasy, and we came up with our own ideas of what needs to be done. Finally, we got to work. We created videos, art projects, and letters all in an effort to shape the minds of candidates and voters.
We are the future leaders of America and we don't need to wait until we're eighteen to make our voices heard.
Visit the Freedom and Citizenship program website for more information.
In September, we brought those questions with us as we came together to watch the presidential debates. We saw the candidates debate some of the issues closest to our hearts, like global warming, college tuition, immigration, and gender equality. Other issues they taught us to care more about, like the refugee crisis in Syria. And then some they never considered, like police violence and the plight of modern-day slaves, forcing us to ask why these issues remained silenced.
Over the next seven months we researched the greatest problems confronting our generation. We asked why they hadn't been solved already, we debated which solutions were possible and which were fantasy, and we came up with our own ideas of what needs to be done. Finally, we got to work. We created videos, art projects, and letters all in an effort to shape the minds of candidates and voters.
We are the future leaders of America and we don't need to wait until we're eighteen to make our voices heard.
Visit the Freedom and Citizenship program website for more information.
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