Around the country, organizers are responding to young people who need more than just the idea of the “youth vote” to engage them.
. Part of that shift happened, they say, after the murder of George Floyd, when “it just felt silly and inauthentic to do voter registration work during a time when we were talking about Black people being murdered by the police.”
Talking only about the youth vote is not effective for young folks, Rahhel says: “I think midterms are important, and I don't want to diminish their importance, but I think so many people talk about long-term work and long-term power-building with young people, but then just kind of pause for the election.” Instead, Minnesota Youth Collective is talking about the election within the context of its other work, including a neighborhood-by-neighborhood organizing program.
While knocking on doors in 2021, Rahhel recalls, a young person shared that he didn’t really vote. “I said, ‘These[on rent stabilization and reimagining community safety] are really important,’ and explained them. He was like, 'Oh, this is great, because it's a policy-centered election, not a people-centered election.'” That, to Rahhel, illustrates the importance of connecting issues to voting — young people want to see tangible changes because of their votes.
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