You mentioned this earlier, but i think another issue for this generation is the barrier to entry for running for office or participating in the elected political life. And you know, from my experience this generation looks at life differently than others, so running for office or the hill may not be the best way to participate in service. I would be interested to hear what you have to say. What are the Biggest Barriers to participate in politics and why are young people not doing it more . People in Political Office often times today we look at them bickering over things that they dont think matter that the issues are affecting us or doing something without Climate Change making sure they have healthcare for all. This is an issue that young people are are interested in but then we dont see that happening in congress. We dont hear about corporate interest or the revolving door happening between the big finance Financial Firms and the u. S. Government. And we think why would i want to be that person. There wont be the potential for government. So it hasnt run the project where we serve a thousands of people across the country about what their views were for government and what it could be and i think when you ask people to the question what could government be you get a very different answer than when you ask what the government is. We think the government can provide something good and it can be wellmanaged and it can serve innovation. Frankly no one can scale innovation like the government can. And i think what matters is that we invest in organizations and we invest in local and state governments and the aware of opportunities for participation in a wide scale. And i think that groundswell can be changed in the government. One or the other. I think that probably more than most will run for office. You know, i dont know. My inkling is that it is a no. But i think that its continuing to do to do what im doing and that is my job and my office is sometimes on a very small level of being on Public Relations to the community. And i think whatever i do is going to have to be something connected to service because it is important. But i do want to touch on how we can be more politically active. First i dont understand why it isnt a national holiday. If we want to talk about santa claus things that give people the chance to vote. Its a huge thing that would actually change whats going on in congress because when we vote, we are influencing that door on capitol hill. They are still not enough of us. If you look at who actually voted in the campaign for new york city, it was less than 10 of people that voted in the primary. So less than 10 of new york city chose who the mayor is going to be. If we start voting more we will see people that reflect who we are in the electorate driven congress and we will see changes and be inspired to be in office and have an easier answer when someone comes to me. [laughter] on the reservations i have no interest in running for office. I love policy and i dont left politics and i think thats okay. I love working with people every day that are trying to figure out how they can learn skills on the grounds that they are informed working on policies and positions of greater influence. This is probably going to be my last one and it will take maybe two minutes. I want to do a few quick hits were a oneword answer. So i think the first thing what would you say to the one thing people over 50 dont understand about young people . And i guess i would say interconnectivity. And what do you mean by that . He said one word, so i said inter connectivity. I think the way that we are connected whether it be what was on our phones, you know, like mentioned globally even is something that someone over 50 mmike not quite understand. Some people do. My mom is on facebook and twitter and does the same thing but because we are constantly sharing and seeing things on twitter and instead ran that is a sign we are not paying attention but that is actually how that activity can be used for broadscale change. When it comes to things Like Technology and taking advantage of this technology is building stronger communities and allows for the fair sharing of resources and theres a lot of potential. So the interconnectivity for that reason. A different one to change it up. What should our leaders know about young people . Guest what should the leaders know . That we are watching you. We are watching you and what you do. [laughter] if the leaders understood how many of us have a couple of politicians and have done something really good on twitter or facebook or have done something dumb in the institutes we are watching you. We have this tool. I am going to tell the world and let them know what youre doing. Your opinion of life to left shark at the super bowl. [laughter] let me ask a real question. What do i want to ask you . I guess what is the one issue that you think will be most important in 2016 . While this gets back to the millennial. We all have issues that are important to us and where we live and not saying that there is one issue that is important because they are so on every issue is connected and figuring out how to have a bigger lens and my last thing is i never understand no one else. How they want to communicate and how they would want to partner with you instead of categorizing one group so we have the power to make relationships with people. Im going to close by doing a quick survey of the audience. On the question of what issue in 2016, we recently did a survey and somebody can shout it out what do you think is the most Foreign Policy for 18 to 35yearolds by 44 of . Any guesses . Its not left shark. [laughter] [inaudible] ding ding ding you got it. You are a reporter writes . Like period cynically told the audience into this. Climate change was the most important issue. On National Issues what do people think . Economy, so related it is actually income inequality and income and asperity. Did you say that . You should have a prize. Income inequality was the most important. I dont know whether those will be the most important issues that i thought it was interesting. Okay. Lets open up for questions. I want to remind everybody if you are going to ask a question use the microphone. It is going to be on cspan. I know there are a lot of millennials watching cspan. [laughter] you are going to be on cspan, so if you want to message label have my phone also. Raise your hand and then i think we have a mike coming around. You mentioned to religious institutions and everybody talks about engagement. What about loyalty can i make them a Lifelong Party or contributor is that a older model . Is absolutely true that you are then walked in for good and there are plenty of examples of the demographic. That is actually why you have seen more coming out on twitter during events like the super bowl and making their social issues and policies now. You have seen many more taking a stand on Climate Change because they are recognized because you are then walked in for good and eating at whole foods because even though it is expensive and you agree with the philosophy of the company i think the authenticity is really important theres a few others but cory booker is actually tweeting every day, i think there is only one person that has access to his twitter account other than him and he is responding to people and it may just be about everyday things that real mess and humanness with regards to the policy has left people excited about him as a candidate talking about our generation and the tool that we have in the social media if you do mess up and lie to us much like people are dropping American Apparel or Urban Outfitters they have the brand loyalty that when the funding came out they were either antigay or having a sexual abuse problem immediately if it drops into so that is kind of the power that we have in the generation. I am trying to figure it all out to pick up on the last plaintiff in teaching the history of the baby boom generation to talk about the economy and Growth Opportunities thats really shaping that generation to talk about politics. So, you have a generation with any quality to the movement of one class to another with jobs that are less stable. What is all of that in shaping the outlook of the policy and the culture of the millennial generation . The 140 characters. We are deeply skeptical of generations. We feel like we have been lied to one too many times by corporations and media we are very optimistic which is interesting what it be better. But if you ask young people the same question on the entrepreneurial generation i think you spoke to that earlier. I sat in the start up Media Company there are so many examples of young people who brought the phrase make lemonade out of lemons and go out everyday and Certain Companies go out and try to make the best of it. So that is a very unique thing for this generation but there is an optimism to make the world a better place and change the world for the better. That is how we dealt with a lot of politics. It was a very unsure job markets to say the least and i think the benefit of that was people reconsidered what they are couriers could look like and thought about okay if im watching things fall apart and thinking okay what do i want my future to look like i think what is the world but i care about and what can i do to change it and i think that had a huge impact on our generation. We started at the same time and theres obviously a huge start up space. There is tons of social enterprises focused and there is creativity that has kind of cut out of having an unsure job market. Theres also something to the fact that we grew up during a really serious economic crisis longstanding foreign war partisan bickering on the 24 hour news cycle etc. And i think that coupled with our optimism makes our generation reflect a lot more especially to the point earlier about when companies mess up when it comes to not respecting the native american depletion or the community. And that is something that we would stand for. The comingofage leadership failed especially in the establishment institutions. I think our generation felt things our parents integrate grid and had become a waste of civil rights struggles, women getting 77 cents for every dollar coffee and race to be a quality that our great grandparents were fighting for. As a latino, they were now emerging populations in the u. S. And we are still treated as secondclass citizens often times. So i think that you may be teaching about a different generation but its totally more introspective in the generation. Its to continue to struggle because it is going to be a struggle for the next one. And we do want a legacy that may be as brighter but we are still fighting the same fight the previous generations to. To talk about the company is taking on the causes in the Global Warming and so two examples i thought of Goldman Sachs came out in late 2012 or 2013 and thats great but they are not for the financial reform. They also came out on Immigration Reform but not on workers rights. Can they buy and pollute a certain cause. It as a baseline in my opinion. It should be a standard. To me at least and a lot of folks what matters is where folks stand on the policy issues if we receive a lot of this social Media Campaign with a lot of young people starting nonprofits and people getting involved in the policy process to elucidate some of those that are not often seen. They will look into what American Apparel is doing. So think of it as an opportunity for the baseline to change i guess its kind of where i matter. I would echo that. I think there is an authenticity that cannot be overlooked. These are things to throw around where you support because the Great Company if theres other things that young people know and have been talking about and can point to that still have not changed. But i think that so the super bowl was an amazing moment this year i think. In the Previous Year it was focused on some of the rights raised on the social justice issues and every year the super bowl becomes this moment where all kinds of ads and advertisements or ways that they take advantage of sexualized depictions of women we dont see that at all and in fact not in the same way that you saw in the years past. So i think that our coverage was mostly look its mostly positive relative in the years past and i think that is by and large a good thing. There is always more to be done. And so on the specific advertisements, you know, there may have been for about 110 more but by and large as things change it is a good thing. Theres a lot to poke at the fact that they came on and talked about the Domestic Social justice issues that were a big part that we havent seen but didnt change the fact that chris brown was in the audience and they moved down where they are asked if that makes sense. The nfl has a long going stands where they dont comment on whether players are doing and suddenly we saw them push against a rock and a hard place. And while the entire company or organization has a lot to make i cant help but think that they are starting the money in the Domestic Violence and the Domestic Violence campaign. Does that mean i think the nfl is the absolute soapbox to go to . Though, they are a major problem so whether it be a contract or how the players are treated for taking paternity leave, but im happy that they are taking a stance. And our generations or as shallow as Companies May think we are. Because we have a tool in the social media they have Migrant Workers in the campaigns and they made them look like the imMigrant Workers at a were not even paying the people that came out really quickly. They get behind the issues that matter to our generation because i think they are suspecting them to actually become better companies. I am a journalist and i just want to say i came here today and spend time talking about kayla and i found her impressive and i think that she is a real tribute to the best you have to offer. I do find a lot of the generational insularity. We are involved in a pretty steep crisis of legitimacy on the part of the leadership. You would have the lgb t. Writes and economic disparity in income inequality we have some trendlines going that are not good and part of that is the dysfunctional leadership. How are we going to do it differently . I think that the class ratification and the lack of mobility we are not going to become a social democracy like we have to figure this out. So that is the challenge. What do you see your generation doing that other generations after the baby boomers are not. I dont know if that is the number one challenge and i had friends that is going to be the issue. I think online activism gets a really bad rap particularly for a lazy type of activism i dont think that is true and its overblown. Its shown that this generation is not engaged and does activism very differently but its still doing activism so thats one thing. Secondly just to the point earlier it was insane and for the people our age entering politics out of the money that we need to raise in order to run and its difficult that is the truth of the matter which i think has resulted in other forms of activism and working to change the system. So there is a lot of great work being done by the panel and its going to look a lot differently. The people that do that is going to look a lot more diverse than it does in this organizing sense. It could be different i think. We talked a lot about Online Engagement and social media. But i think what is yet to be seen is how online actually translates into the Online Community building. The ability for the localities to be connected and also still moved into place the students are still looking at at other universities relates to the local Economic Development under the banner of income inequality and folks working in dc and new york and california and humboldt county in california. They are still working on the ground in the communities facetoface so that is something that could be different both online and offline activities. I will say things like this matters. The test to do with the terms of income inequality in access to Affordable Housing and in terms of access of Higher Education. And i think that those issues while they are not coming out under social media level about it are the issues you brought up that are important. Income inequality is a huge problem in this country and i dont think that anyone in this room would argue with that. But the way that this generation is choosing to use behind it is in a different vehicles and perhaps the generations before. Yes, in the front. [inaudible] i am in trade at the facts you gave around at the millennials issue and then nationally if these are the issues that are given demographically in the generation what are the panel views on the impact of the policies related to those two issues . I think that money and politics really shaped my view of the Political Landscape because the confluence of the super pack the highest area that they have to pass in terms of the Fundraising Fund raising dust or medically assessed the landscape especially with regards to the Political Office. The same faults fault time after time if they are a part of an existing. So that is something i care deeply about and they are not always excited about the political candidates because they are like these are the people that ive been seeing since i was in high school. And i think that if we can get to the root of that money and politics issue, we can see a landscape that i think that our generation will be happier with. I think also the work that they are doing at the Roosevelt Network is feeding the fields