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YES ON QQ WON!
Thanks to the amazing leadership of students across Oakland, youth have won the right to vote in School Board elections!! Thank you to all of you who supported the young people’s movement to center youth power and strengthen democracy!
Measure QQ will:
- Strengthen democracy by enfranchising up to 8,000 (mostly low-income) youth voters every School Board election cycle!
- Create life-long, habitual voters.
- Boost voter turnout where we need it most (the majority of students in OUSD live in D5, 6 and 7).
- Improve Oakland schools so all students graduate!
Join the ACLU, League of Women Voters, OEA, Mayor Schaaf, CA Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond, Alameda Labor Council, Alameda County Democratic Party, and more in supporting YES on QQ!
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“Keep the Promise to Hear and Value Youth Voice, Vote Yes on Measure QQ and Give Them the Vote”
Guest post by OUSD senior, Barrett Valentine via Great School Voices
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The young people of Oakland & beyond inspire & give me hope of a better future because they will be guiding it with wisdom beyond their years & compassion that adults seem to be sorely lacking. Amazing piece about @OakYouthVote and more by @samuel_sgd #oakedu https://twitter.com/TeenVogue/status/1328368504106586112
Expanding the franchise is not the beginning of youth engagement; it's the unlocking of a new tool for a population that has shown time and again that the most impactful work happens at the grassroots level. http://tnvge.co/G8isq7x
Listen to 15 year-old OKF Youth Organizer Ixchel Arista reflect on the @OakYouthVote campaign along with student leader Sarah Cheung of the @SFYouthCom & @SF_Rising. They speak on confronting adultism, voter engagement, and the need to expand democracy. https://www.sfpublicpress.org/youth-organizers-mobilizing-for-voting-rights-confront-adultist-attitudes/
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:
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