Amidst the hate and the rhetoric of the fight to say "No" to NC's Amendment One, comes the exercise of civic duties by our youth. Follow below the squiggle.
In a small school a little north and a little west of downtown Durham, N.C., a group of eleven-, twelve- and thirteen-year-olds has been busy organizing a field-trip.
Watch as a middle school's gay-straight alliance, GLOW, for Gay Lesbian or Whatever, embarks on an adventure in civic engagement with real consequences for many of the club's members.
"They don’t really see kids as having an idea of how they want their future to be like," said Sarah, a GLOW member, "but when we actually voice our opinion it really does make a difference."
Click on "Glow" to view the 4 1/2 minute video.
GLOW from Mimi Schiffman on Vimeo.
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