Too bad not all believe in the strength and capacity of women to LEAD.
If anything good has come out of the lingering anguish over the results of the 2016 election, it’s more civic engagement in politics. People are turning out and voting in smaller local elections, and more women and young adults are running for office.
Teen Vogue’s excellent series “Running!” is covering this, reporting on non-politicians stepping up and getting involved in government to make a difference.
Lily Herman has a profile of 18-year-old Gabrielle Anzalone, who was inspired to run for Lindenhurst, New York’s Board of Education after her experience of almost being suspended for participating in the National School Walkout in March. She and her friends attended a Board of Education meeting to speak out about the injustice of their suspension. As a result, their punishment was initially downgraded to a three-day detention, but then New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo directed schools to drop punishments against students…
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