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and that kind of culture, which is like the air we breathe is, is often the harder thing to change. but it's very hard to change that when the systems that remain are still set up to benefit people who've always been in positions of power. and so we have to see power shift. things will not change and people's sense of empowerment will not change just because we want them to. they'll change when we very purposefully, deconstruct and rebuild how we do things. yeah. and, um, and we have to do that by, by centring the experiences and the voices of the people who oftentimes have the least power in the situation. you will soon make your debut as a director. mm—hm. how do you feel about stepping behind the camera? will america ferrera behind the camera be any different?
happens in school. it gives us the empowerment that we have a say. >> ryan, i wanted to ask you, you have created what looks like to be a successful template to be able to do this at other states. i know that other states and other jurisdictions are asking you for help. talk about whether or not this can be replicated with success and other places? >> yeah, katie, first of all, thank you for having us on the show. we talked a lot about this. to your first point about this being the next frontier for the expansion of voting rights, that is, lowering the voting age to 16-year-olds and elections that matter most of them. so new jersey's constitution gives cities the express authority to lower the voting age, as newark as taking the lead in doing, but there are other states across the country that summer constitution's. i think at the top of my mind, our nation's capital, washington d.c. is similar to new jersey's constitution. i just want to say really quickly, one of the powerful things that came from the hearing when the city counselor
>> kids my age, very honestly are excited because not only did they had a voice, they also had a vote to make decisions that impact us. me, personally, i am excited and organizing my peers and 7000 students were gonna vote to the issue that i deeply care about, which is equity and quality of education and education equity. >> nate, did you feel like there was a void there? did you feel like you are talking and sharing what was important to you and your classmates and to your fellow students, but that the adults, well, your adults, frankly, that there were people over the age of 18 that were not listening to? >> i believe when i presented it, it was at school, because, today, we have a class in history, and we did not like the topic. our teacher was happy that we were able to have a say in what happens in school. it gives us the empowerment that we have a say. >> ryan, i wanted to ask you, you have created what looks
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