Stevie Valles and Jen Dean from ChicagoVotes are winners of MTV's Leaders for Change grant. For NationalVoterRegistrationDay, they talked to us about making politics fun, and how the change they've seen working with Chicago youth
— including online voter registration, same-day voter registration and automatic voter registration — and we’ve run a number of campaigns and initiatives to get more youth active in the city of Chicago in terms of politics.”
There are a lot of loopholes folks are not aware of; we try to make sure people know the truth about voting and how they have the agency to create change in their communities. So, making sure that people know: if you care about this issue, here is how you can change it through politics, or here is how you reach out to your alderman; here is how you hold a judge — who either gave you a second chance or sentenced you harshly — accountable.
But when you break it down and you stick to your to-do lists, it's not as overwhelming. But this work is a lot of pressure. There are so many people relying on you, which is why I think a lot of activists and organizers deal with mental health issues. We're also super empathetic people, so when feedback comes in, we really do take it to heart.
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