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Let's get our issues heard

Summary:

We're going to be in Iowa to make sure the presidential candidates hear our issues. Let us know what issues are important to you.

Or read other peoples' responses on the website of our sister organization, the League of Young Voters Education Fund.

Letter:

In less than 40 days, voters in Iowa will head to the polls to cast their vote in the caucuses for the next president of the United States. Candidates from both sides of the aisle have made Iowa their second home.

But here's the deal with Iowa: not only is the population of Iowa one of the oldest in the nation, but people of color only make up 6% of the state's population. Yeah, our peers in Iowa are out there representing for what's important to them -- but as always the candidates are following Jay Z's mantra of "We don't believe you, you need more people."

So the League has linked up with The Brown and Black Presidential Forum to shake things up and make sure our issues GET HEARD!

We will be there this weekend with Black Youth Vote to host a powerful civic participation training for young people of color and…CHECK THIS OUT: we will also have direct access to the candidates to ask OUR questions after the live Presidential Debate Saturday night on HDNET at 7:30 pm eastern time.

And come Sunday, rest assured our voice will continue to be heard, because we have linked up with a group of community activists who will be caucusing, bird-dogging, and organizing their peers to make sure that League issues are represented in Iowa. Because like many in the League network, these activists are fighting against unprecedented levels of African American incarceration and high school expulsion rates.

Wanna be a part of it?? Let us know what issues are important to you. We will pass them on to our folks on the ground. And if your question is super on-point we will post it on our website, so send us a picture along with your question. (Yes, web 2.0'ers you can send Youtube links too.)

Trust me, Iowa is important. The eyes of the whole country are about to be focused there. We're not going to just stand by and hope our issues get discussed. This is the most important election of our lifetime and we are gonna pour our sweat and tears in to make sure that everyone is represented.

holla back,