Malden Rising Leaders Inc.

MRL helps young brilliant students strive academically, grow personally, build athletically and creates opportunities for them beyond high school.

[Malden Rising Leaders Inc. @MRisingLeaders]

Time has changed, & it’s about time to re-examine the laws in @TheCityofMalden to change them too. So finally, we can give our young people a REAL voice in the political conversations that affect them! @Vote16USA @gencitizen @EighteenX18 #WeVoteNext

https://t.co/qbhHySDi8F

[Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) @hgse]

HGSE alumnus Joe Feldman, Ed.M. '93 argues that we need to rethink grading in schools, noting that “Our grading must stop using points to reward or punish, but instead should teach students the connection between means of learning and the ends." https://t.co/9etN4nqnKD

[Ted D. Louis-Jacques @TedLouisJacques]

It’s no longer a question of “should we?” It‘s more like “when will we?”

Thank you to John Laidler from the @BostonGlobe shedding light on the #Vote16Initiative where @MaldenPublic Jimmy Li (MHS ‘20) and his colleagues from @MRisingLeaders were featured on this article! #Vote16

[Rep. Andy X. Vargas @RepAndyVargas]

Great time on @jimbraude’s @GreaterBoston last night discussing the merits of enfranchising youth.

I’m with @RepPressley and @RepJohnLewis on this.

Proud of their courage and that of the youth organizers at @Vote16USA @Vote16MA
https://t.co/Ruttr97pQD

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Since the days of abolitionists, suffragists, & civil rights activists, young people have been pushing the wheels of progress forward. Thank you to my sister in service @RepGraceMeng for leading the charge on this issue | #16toVote #ForThePeople

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

49 yrs ago, Senator Ted Kennedy argued before his colleagues in favor of lowering the voting age as an effort to “bring our youth into full and lasting participation in our institutions of democratic government.” #16toVote #ForThePeople → https://t.co/6HUFCpIaMS

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

#DidYouKnow In 2018, nearly 2 million young people between the ages of 16 & 17 were employed, contributing to the labor force and to their local economy through paying taxes. #16toVote

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

I am honored & excited to be introducing my very 1st amendment on the House floor, an amendment to #HR1, the #ForthePeopleAct. My amendment will lower the voting age from 18 to 16, allowing our youth to have a seat at the table of democracy. #16toVote

[Vote16USA @Vote16USA]

"It's time to lower the voting age in Oregon and give young people a chance to participate at the ballot about decisions that affect their homes, their clean air and clean water future, their schools, and as we've seen, their very lives."

https://t.co/XWcievj1HS

[Senator Becca Rausch - INACTIVE ACCOUNT @BeccaRauschMA]

👍🏻 #AudacityofNope. Great to hear from Ted of ⁦@MRisingLeaders⁩ about the #EmpowerAct filed by ⁦@Sen_Chandler⁩⁩. Proud to be a cosponsor. #mapoli #vote https://t.co/LYQGIdGSUh ⁦@samhammar⁩ ⁦@tatabex⁩ ⁦@msmarfinkle⁩ https://t.co/S7IdEXqKwi

[MHS Athletics @MaldenHS_Sports]

Shataeya Smith placed 4th at the MIAA Div 1 State Championship! Seeded 12th going into Saturday's All State Championship! Congrats! @MaldenPublic @NewsMaldenMA @MayorOfMalden @CjMastrangelo @Noontime_HS

[Vote16USA @Vote16USA]

Sommerville making efforts to send a home rule petition to the MA state house - next step is to hold a public meeting. Stay tuned for a date and time. #Vote16MA @Vote16MA

https://t.co/ajbktVFYVt

[Vote16USA @Vote16USA]

The deadline to co sponsor #maleg in the House has passed. Look at all these names! Change is coming for MA! #EMPOWERact #Vote16MA

[Katherine Clark @WhipKClark]

Angie makes me so optimistic for our country’s future. At just 18, she’s driven by service, community and looking out for others. These are the values that knit us together as Americans and must guide our work in Washington. #ForThePeople #Malden

[VOTE16MA @Vote16MA]

Glad to hear that representatives @MarjorieDecker, @joeboncore, and @BarrettSenate have cosponsored the EMPOWER act! Welcome to the youth empowerment family!

[Vote16USA @Vote16USA]

Across the country, representatives and senators are introducing bills that would lower the voting age to 16. And this map doesn't even include the states in which municipalities are advocating to lower the voting age! #Vote16USA

[Vote16USA @Vote16USA]

#Vote16 for local elections may be a new idea to many, but in the big picture it's not a new idea at all. As @rvkgrapevine points out, "16 as a proper age to vote in municipal elections is a common fact across Europe." https://t.co/DFZOdV1eEJ

[VOTE16MA @Vote16MA]

Today young people lobbied for @RepAndyVargas's EMPOWER act, which would make it easier for cities and towns to lower the voting age!

Stay tuned, we're not done yet!

[Harriette Chandler @Sen_Chandler]

The first day of many working to expand voting rights and lift young voices. Let’s empower towns and cities to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections. #mapoli #EMPOWERAct https://t.co/K6dedLshuP

[Rep. Andy X. Vargas @RepAndyVargas]

Inspiring launch for the #EMPOWERAct this afternoon.

Municipalities should be able to decide if they want to enfranchise 16 and 17 year-olds for local elections.

The EMPOWER Act is all about local control.

[Dylan Fernandes @RepDylan]

Firing up the next generation of leaders to advocate for 16 & 17 year old voting rights in municipal elections! Proud to join legislative leaders @Sen_Chandler & @RepAndyVargas to push for youth voter empowerment. #EmpowerAct