2018 Delegate Yearbook

2 0 1 8 D E L E G A T E YEARBOOK WELCOME VOTING CLASS OF 2018! "WE ARE CALLING OUR GENERATION TOGETHER BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO GENERATE THE LARGEST YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT IN HISTORY!" - YARA SHAHIDI, FOUNDER VOTING CLASS OF 2018 Activist and public speaker Tiana Mudzimurema was born and from Standing Rock. She was raised in South Bend, Indiana and heavily involved in the now attends Northeastern movement to stop the Dakota University. Amongst friends and Access Pipeline and continues family, Tiana would be described as to advocate for and organize compassionate, full of life, and youth against injustices ready to make a true difference in happening across the U.S and the world. around the world. Alan Cruz is a 17-year-old, Edna Lizbeth Chavez is a I am a student at Washington Native/Latinx Queer activist youth organizer from South University in St. Louis. I and the co-founder of his Central Los Angeles. She’s volunteered for the Hillary international youth is an advocate for many Campaign, worked for the empowerment platform: things such as immigration Iowa Senate as a Page Ground ONE. He is a TEDx rights, social and during the 2018 session, was Speaker and 1st educational justice and an a fellow for a campaign and a generation student who will ally for many of those that delegate for the Iowa State be attending community fight for their community. Democrat Convention. college in fall 2018. Jazmine Wildcat is a student I come from West Africa, Julia Chang is a 16-year-old at Riverton High School in my identity is influenced from Princeton, NJ Wyoming and is enrolled in by my experience in passionate about social the Northern Arapaho Tribe. America’s capitalist justice and hot cheetos. She An advocate for gun control, society. I believe the serves as the Executive inclusion and equal rights, revolution is within Director of Redefy, a she’s faced much opposition community. nonprofit dedicated to coming from such a dispelling stereotypes within conservative State. youth before they manifest into hate. VOTING CLASS OF 2018 Born in Guatemala and grew up in My name is Mars and I am a Arkansas. Went to Parkview High NB film photographer from the School and did NJROTC, and 2 Miami-Metro area. I am years later got an award named studying poli-sci at FIU and after me. Now, I am studying work with FempowerMIA and biology at Philander Smith College Art Hoe Collective as a and am a community organizer for curator/contributor. Arkansas United. MaryPat Hector just (20) Cravalho was only 14 when she Jamil Johnson is a 19 became the youngest was cast in the lead role of the year old sophomore from woman and person of color Disney film “Moana.” She has Tougaloo College who to run for political office in since performed on stages has worked with the the state of Georgia at the across the world, starred in the NAACP, Poor people’s age of 19. She is the NBC drama “Rise,” and is a campaign, USAS National Youth Director for contributing author in America National Action Network; Ferrera's “American Like Me.” founded by Rev. Al Sharpton. Nick Jain is a sophomore Sam Craig is the State Strung between forms of at Princeton University. On Director of Students activism online and in real campus, he is involved Demand Action in Colorado life, Milo vlogs about with Model UN and various where he fights for gun political and LGBT+ social justice activities. Off reform! He is also openly issues while pursuing a campus, he is the co- gay, and an advocate of degree in Conflict Founder and COO of JÜV LGBTQ+ rights. In addition, Resolution. They enjoy Consulting, a generation z he’s been a strong advocate learning Arabic and consulting firm. for immigrants and refugees volunteering with Iraqi in Colorado. refugees in Chicago. VOTING CLASS OF 2018 N’Dea is passionate about Sayeed Shahidi is proudly African American due process, equal and Iranian American, and a sibling to his protection, free speech, two best friends. A bright student, soccer/futsal, J. Balvin, and athlete, and passionate artist. Currently a Masego, but not necessarily junior in high school, Sayeed uses his in that order, and believes passion, leadership, and platform, in and practicing and promoting outside of school, to be a voice for equity empathy is key to bettering and support. One of his goals is to shake up our local and global the stereotypes often ascribed to young community. black men by learning as much about politics at an early age to be able to use his voice and vote when he turns 18. Sage Adams is a 21 I’m Emma, I’m 19 and Co founder of March year old creative am a daughter, friend, for Our Lives based in Los and actor. Angeles. Politics has been a major Vikiana is a senior and the My name is Tiaye, and I aspect of my life. From Executive Director of March am a college sophomore campaigning to protesting For Our Lives: Boston. She at Wake Forest to writing, I have always focuses on empowering youth University. I am originally wanted to find new and through civic engagement from High Point, NC and different ways to express and amplifying the voices of I currently live in Crofton, my opinions. However, communities of color who are MD. I plan to major in outside of this, I enjoy disproportionately affected by Politics & International music, history, and reading. gun violence. Affairs. VOTING CLASS OF 2018 Naomi Wadler is an 11 year old My name is Saida Dahir and I activist from Virginia. Naomi spoke am a 17 year old Somali at the March for Our Lives. She refugee that lives in Utah. I works to promote common sense am a poet and I am a leader gun control legislation and in community. Oh and here's encouraging the world to remember a fun fact, my name in Arabic the African American girls lost to means happy but my initials gun violence. spell S. A. D, cool huh. I go to Bernalillo Shreeya Singh was born in I'm 19 and from Harlem, High School I work India and lives in Florida. NY. I founded the Youth in gun violence She is a national debate Over Guns March where prevention and I’m champion and founder of 10k people came out to involved in the GlobalFeminists, an march as we carried a Sandoval youth international advocacy casket to symbolize the group committee. group. She is also a legal deaths in urban aid to Engender, which communities. Im now the works to gender integrate National Field Director for fraternities. March For Our Lives. My name is Thandiwe Taylor Richardson is a Muslim Iranian-American Abdullah and I'm 14 years STEM and girls’ activist from Colorado, old. I'm the co-founder of empowerment advocate studying Political the Black Lives Matter and speaker with Economy and Middle Youth Vanguard. I also aspirations of becoming an Eastern Studies at work with L.A. orgs such astronaut. She’s led Columbia University in as Community Coalition literacy and fundraising the City of New York. and Students Deserve to campaigns to inspire other prevent criminalization of to go after their dreams, black and brown youth. especially in STEM fields. VOTING CLASS OF 2018 Jamie is a 16-year-old writer, Mari Copeny, the 11 year old organizer, activist & public the world has come to know speaker. She is the founder of a as Little Miss Flint. Most youth climate justice movement known for bringing awareness called Zero Hour. Her identity as to the Flint Water Crisis she a lesbian latina influences her has used her platform to passion to fight for those who speak out on all types of are marginalized. injustices surrounding environmental racism. I’m a 17 year old senior from Founder of Black Is Lit. Unapologetically black Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Youth lead at student from Houston School in Parkland, Florida. I’m Women's March living in the LA area to on this Earth to be the voice of Youth. TOMS pursue my dreams of the voiceless and make sure Changemaker. Recent students international that my angel Helena Ramsay High School Grad! politics. Never not and the 16 others never feel Active. caring about Social forgotten. Justice. Gabe is the co-director of Quincy Robinson is a Anna Sophie Tinneny, 18, Engender at Yale, a teaching freshman at the is the leader of fellow at the U.S. Grant University of Louisville, Pennridge225, part of Foundation, and a sophomore pursuing a major in March For Our Lives History and Education Studies Sociology. He works on Philadelphia, and organizer double major at Yale. He’s the Racial Equity Youth of Still Marching passionate about issues of Council, which Philadelphia. She is access, opportunity, and educates and amplifies currently living in rural inequity in education. youth in order to inspire Ecuador and working at the positive change. local Kichwa radio station. VOTING CLASS OF 2018 I'm Nurah Abdulhaqq, Im 15 years of Corinne Bobb-Semple (17) is an age and I'm a mental health advocate award-winning radio journalist. and activist along with a gun violence She’s a writer and avid debater prevention activist. My brother, with political aspirations who has Schizophrenic, was made fun of and interned at SOZE and Higher became aggressive later on. Seeing Heights for America working on the direct impact of mental illness and the Eighteenx18 and dealing with someone who isn't sane #BlackWomenVote campaigns.

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