Tag: Millennial Generation

Think your vote doesn’t count? THINK AGAIN.

Breaks my heart to hear young folk say they don’t vote because their vote doesn’t matter. How did we get THIS far off course from the work of the Freedom Riders of the 1960s? College students and teenagers lead that Movement—risking their lives against police with billy clubs, cattle prods and water hoses to make… Continue reading Think your vote doesn’t count? THINK AGAIN.

Millennials—VOTE 2018: Herzig Video to share

Lucky for us, Mark Herzig has produced several quality voting videos aimed at various demographics for us to share widely on social media. Born in Pasadena, California, Mark made an early commitment to the fine arts, studying painting and printmaking, before surrendering to filmmaking in 1980. Based in San Francisco. I will share a Herzig… Continue reading Millennials—VOTE 2018: Herzig Video to share

And now…moving on…My letter to the Young Folk

I’m impressed with how you are engaged and involved with today’s political & social issues. I’m hopeful for America’s future because YOU are that future. And yet it breaks my heart to see you filled with stress at having to witness the moral degradation of late. Exhausted from the two-year fiasco we’ve endured we’re also… Continue reading And now…moving on…My letter to the Young Folk

Heather McGhee ~ remember that name.

Heather McGhee: • 33 years old • the progressive think tank, Demos, just named her its next president • making her one of the first of the millennial generation** to lead a major political institution **(aka: Generation Y, born early 80s to early 2000s) • she is one of America’s most illustrious voices on inequity,… Continue reading Heather McGhee ~ remember that name.

Move over Gen Y ~ Boomers need room to party

I feel sorry for Gen Y. Poor things. We Boomers were lucky—our parents didn’t like our music in quite the same way. But in music concerts all over the world these hip young folk are forced to witness the party animal coming out in us old fogies because—let’s face it…they ain’t the only ones that… Continue reading Move over Gen Y ~ Boomers need room to party