Shelly Jackson

These are actually things that make me ready.

They're not barriers to doing the work.

Yeah, you know what?

I think that a lot of it is apathy.

I think if you're a young person and you're looking at what's happening, you're kind of like, well, this is just how things are.

And this is how things have been in a really long time.

And so that may be a reason why folks don't even want to get involved, let alone running for office.

I think...

And something that young folks should remember is that if we see things as they are, as not working, it's because we're not at the table.

Because the people who have been in office are the ones continuing to make the rules.

And the conditions show that it's not changing material conditions for everyday people.

The conditions show that cost of living continues to rise and that they need fresh voices, fresh people who are ready to provide a different perspective and like really shake things up.

What I hope is that young people start to see their apathy as like a superpower.

I don't think apathy actually has to mean we do nothing, right?

I don't think apathy means that we kind of just sit and watch things go.

I think it's actually a nudge towards like, I'm not feeling it.

And in order to be able to have a different outcome, I actually have to do something and investigate what is that something?

Is it running for office?

Is it organizing?

You know, is it joining a protest?