#WalkOutToVote: Harnessing Demand for Change, Youth-Led Alliance Set to Bring Power to Polls

With their sights set on making sure Tuesday’s midterm election sends “a bold message to politicians and the country,” the youth-led Future Coalition—an alliance that includes March For Our Lives and National School Walkout—has organized hundreds of walkouts at high schools and colleges across the nation for Nov. 6 to make sure young people get to the polls in record numbers.

“We refuse to let our government degrade, deprive of dignity, or dehumanize our fellow human beings,” said Jaysa Harrison of the Youth Empower Coalition, another coalition member. “We refuse to be relegated to the shadows. We will continue to speak out and lift up those who would be silenced. And, we will wield our power through direct action in our communities, and at the ballot box on November 6th.”

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Senior Jaclyn Corin, one of the founders of the March For Our Lives, frames Election Day as “kind of the culmination of everything we’ve been working for,” while felllow co-founder Matt Deitsch says it’s more of a starting point. “We’re running a really good race but there’s really so much work to do.”