A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS WEEK ON THIS PLAM OF NEWS AND NEWS MAKER THIS WEEK.
THE TITLE BELONGS TO THIS GROUP
OF STUDENTS FROM POMPANO BEACH
HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY COME BACK FROM A VISIT TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY, RIGHT, IN WASHINGTON
D.C. THIS WEEK WITH A SECOND
PLACE WIN FOR A PLAN TO PREVENT
VIOLENCE BY STOPPING ITS ROOTED
CAUSES.
SO WE HAVE ZOOEY AND WE HAVE
ALI.
I’M USED TO THE SPANISH READING
OF IT.
ZOOEY, I CAN-- .
>> COUNTRIES TAL, LET ME DO THIS
AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS THEIR FIRST
TIME ON TV.
SO ZOE, CRYSTAL, ALI AND YOU
HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE SUPERS ON
YOUR SHIRT TO MAKE IT EASY.
SO IT IS GREAT TO YOU HAVE HERE
AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT.
I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO GET TO THIS
PROP YOU BROUGHT HERE.
THIS IS YOUR WINNING PROJECT.
>> YES.
>> SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
IS AND WHY IT IS.
AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO BROAD
ENOUT THIS CONVERSATION A LITTLE
BIT.
>> OKAY.
>> ALI, DO YOU WANT TO.
>> SO IN THE BOX YOU WILL SEE.
>> I WILL BE THE-- PRESENTER.
>> YOU WILL SEE A BRACELET THAT
WE MADE FOR YOU T HAS YOUR NAME
ON IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS ONE OF OUR-- WE HAVE
MATCHING ONES.
>> THAT IS SO NICE, OKAY.
>> ONE OF THE TACTICS OF OUR
PROJECT WAS MAKING THOSE WITH
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
AND THOSE ARE SOME OTHER CARDS
AND KINDNESS CARDS THAT SHARE
ALICEI AND HER STORY.
>> WHO IS ONE THE 17 VICTIMS AT
PARKLAND.
AND THIS WAS IN WASHINGTON D.C.,
WAS THIS PROJECT CRYSTAL THAT
YOU BROUGHT TO, IT LOOK LOOKS
LIKE THE MCCAIN CENTER TO
PREVENT VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
AND WHAT, WHEN YOU WERE IN
D.C. AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I
WANT TO TAKE THIS CONVERSATION,
BECAUSE ON THIS PROGRAM WE
RARELY HEAR YOUNG VOICES.
AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HEAR WHAT YOU TAKE AWAY.
AND THE BELLY OF THE BEAST OF
POLITICS.
DID YOU FEEL AT HOME THERE?
DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAD A
VOICE THERE?
>> YES, I REALLY DID.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO IT, YOUR
VOICE IS YOUR POWER.
SO BEING ABLE TO GO THERE AND
PRESENT OUR PROJECT AND EVEN
MEET WITH SO MANY OTHER
INDIVIDUALS WITH OTHER PROJECTS
THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT, IT WAS A
GREAT PERSONS AND IT TRULY
SHOWED US THAT WE HAVE A VOICE
AND WE’RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH THAT VOICE.
AND WE’RE HOPING THAT WHAT WE
DID TO SHARE TO OTHER PEOPLE
WATCHING AND TO THE YOUTH CAN
INFLUENCE IN A POSITIVE WAY.
>> SO AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU WITH THE
BRAND NEW CONGRESSMAN JAR SWED
MOSS QUOWIST, WHO WAS ON THIS
PROGRAM LAST WEEK, LET ME ASK
YOU THIS, I AM GOING TO HAVE
SHALL-- I WILL HAVE YOU HELP US
HERE.
WE HAVE ONE THE MOST ENGAGED
AUDIENCES FOR THIS PROGRAM IN
SOUTH FLORIDA.
WE REALLY ENGAGED, SMART,
INTERESTED PEOPLE.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE YOUR AGE OR
EVEN IN THEIR 20S.
WHY IS THAT?
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO
WATCH THIS PROGRAM OR OTHERS
LIKE IT?
>> SO AS A STUDENT MYSELF I FEEL
LIKE STAYING INVOLVED AND
HEARING ABOUT THINGS THROUGH
PEERS AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND
YOU, WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE
CHANGE.
>> DO YOU EVER WATCH THIS
PROGRAM.
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> EVERY MORNINGNESS SO
HOPEFULLY YOUR ENTIRE SCHOOL
DOES TOO.
AND WHAT DO YOU, WHEN YOU SAY
YOU HAVE A-- FOR THE COMMUNITY T
SOUNDS GOOD, ST SOUNDS REALLY
GOOD, WE ALL WANT TO BE ENGAGED,
YOU HAVE LIVES AND DO DIFFERENT
THINGS AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
DON’T.
THEY VOTE.
>> WHY DON’T YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> ARE YOU NOT OLD ENOUGH TO
VOTE.
>> NOT YET.
>> THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
BECAUSE I SENSE THAT YOU WILL BE
VOTERS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY
INTERESTING, IS THAT IN 20-- I
WANT TO SAY BETWEEN 16 AND 18
THE YOUNGEST VOTEDDERS, THE
NUMBER OF JOWNGEST VOTERS, WERE
ITS MAJORITY OF VOTERS IF
EVERYBODY VOTED THEY GET WHAT
THEY WANT EVEN MORE THAN BABY
BOOMERS WHO ARE BIG VOTERS, WHY
DON’T YOUNGER PEOPLE VOTE.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT
WE WERE DOING WITH BONGING
BUDDIES, WE WANTED TO INSTILL AT
A YOUNG AGE THE IMPORTANCE OF
GROWING UP WITH COMMUNITY AND
THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY LIVING,
WITH OUR BRACELETS AND WITH OUR
ACTIVITIES.
>> ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING MY
QUESTION, WHY DON’T YOUNG PEOPLE
VOTE.
>> WHY DON’T PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
YOU, SO ENGAGED.
>> I THINK MAYBE THEY DON’T DEAL
INVOLVED, I THINK MAYBE THEY
NEED MORE INCENTIVE, THEY WANT
TO FEEL LIKE IT IS ABOUT THEM
AND I FEEL AT OUR AGE WE ARE SO
INVOLVED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND
INVOLVED IN THAT REALM, THAT IF
WE ARE TARGETED IN THAT REALM,
IF WE ARE TALKED TO IN THAT
SPACE, WE’RE MORE LIKELY TONE
GAGE THAN.
>> THAT’S REALLY INCITEFUL.
AND SO CRYSTAL, THE REASON I’M
GOING TO GUESS FROM YOUR
PROJECT, THE REASON YOU ARE FEEL
SO ENGAGED IS BECAUSE YOU LIP
NEAR THE CENTER OF A CATASTROPHE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IS THIS WHAT MADE YOU PLUG
IN.
>> YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY
THIS TRAGEDY REALLY BROUGHT ALL
OF US TOGETHER, TO REALLY SEE
SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING SO CLOSE
TO HOME, IT HURT, IT WAS
EYE-OPENING.
SO SEEING, THIS WE WANTED TO GET
CONNECTED.
WE WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT
CHANGE, WHICH IS WHAT MONSTERS
MADE SAFE IS ALL ABOUT.
>> THE MAKE OUR SCHOOL SAFE IS
TO EMPOWER STUDENTS AND STAFF TO
CREATE A MAINTAIN A CULTURE OF
SAFETY AND VIGILANTES IN THE AND
WITH OUR INITIATIVE IS WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
>> SOMEBODY REALLY TRAINED YOU
WELL ON THAT QUESTION AND THAT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS MUCH AS
I JOKE, BECAUSE WHAT OUR JOB IS
HERE HERE IS TO GET BEYOND
TALKING POINTS AND CHALLENGE
PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK IT’S REALLY
INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE SORT
OF TAKEN TO HEART A CLUB LIKE
THAT.
SO ALI, WAS THAT THE SAME
EXPERIENCE FOR YOU, YOU
PERSONALLY PLUGGED IN BECAUSE OF
THIS HORRIBLE MOMENT.
>> YEAH SO MY SISTER WAS
ACTUALLY REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS
WITH ALYSSA AND HER FAMILY LIVED
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE CAME ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE
THIS CHANGE AND TO DO.
THIS AND FOR ME THAT WAS MY
DRIVE PERSONALLY.
AND KNOWING HER MOM AND
EVERYONE.
THEY ALL PUSHED ME INTO THIS.
AND I’M THANKFUL FOR THAT
BECAUSE THE CHANGE THAT WE CAN
MAKE AS YOUNG PEOPLE, SETS A
MODEL FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO
FOLLOW.
>> OKAY.
SO IN THE SHORT TIME THAT WE
HAVE LEFT, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME
AND OUR AUDIENCE KNOW HOW TO
INVOLVE PEOPLE OF THE NEXT
GENERATION.
YOU WILL BE INHERITING THE
ISSUE.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WERE
LISTENING TO OUR PROGRAM PRIOR
TO THIS SEGMENT, I MEAN WE
TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING REALLY
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING
TO, ESPECIALLY CHART YOUR LIVES
IN THE NEXT YEAR.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR PEERS HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO STEP UP AND
BE ENGAGED AND TAKE.
>> I THINK WITH OUR INITIATIVE
WE KIND OF WENT TO THE PRIME
TIME OF WHERE THE KIDS ARE THE
MOST MOLDABLE, WHERE THEY ARE IN
THEIR GROUP ENVIRONMENT, IN
THEIR-- IN THEIR ELEMENT AND
KIND OF SHOW THEM HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO BE INVOLVED, RIGHT.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> TAKE ME REALLY DOWN INTO THE
DETAILS.
>> WITH OUR STUDENTS
SPECIFICALLY WE WERE REALLY
ENCOURAGING OF GETTING PEOPLE TO
BE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAM.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CHANGE
SO MANY LIVES, ESPECIALLY LIKE
THE LITTLE KIDS AND SEEING HOW
THEY REACT ESPECIALLY STUDENTS
AND LOWER INCOME HOUSING.
ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS,
KIDS THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH
ATTENTION, BRINGING THAT
ATTENTION FROM OUR STUDENTS AT
POMPANO, BRINGING IT TO THEM AND
PLANT THE SEED THAT THIS IS
IMPORTANT, WE ARE ALL ONE
COMMUNITY AND WE WANT WANT TO
MAKE A CHANGE AND SEE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT, BEING
POSITIVE INFLUENCES IS REALLY
WHAT WILL GROW OUR COMMUNITY AND
HAVE THAT POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN
THE NEXT WAVE OR IN OUR NEXT
GENERATION.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL MAKE
THAT CHANGE.
WE DO THAT BY TARGETING WHERE WE
GROW, WHERE WE ARE AT THE ROOT.
>> ALI, LAST WORD.
>> I MEAN I TOTALLY AGREE.
LIKE YOU SAID, TO MAKE THIS
CHANGE, TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE
START VOTING IT STARTS AT A
YOUNG AGE BY HAVING OUR POSITIVE
INFLUENCE ON YOUNGER STUDENT WAS
DON’T HAVE AS FORTUNATE
CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT IS WHERE
WILL YOU SEE THE MOST CHANGE AND
THAT IS WHERE IT WILL FLOURISH.
>> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS
THIS PROGRAM GOES ON WE’RE GOING
TO BRINGING YOUNGER VOICES IN.
AND NOT NECESSARILY TO TALK
ABOUT A PROJECT BUT TO TALK
ABOUT ISSUES.
IF I INVITED YOU, WOULD YOU FEEL
COMPETENT TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW,
GIVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> YEAH.
>> AS LONG AS I TOLD YOU WHAT IT
WAS.
>> YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING OUR FIRST REAL YOUNG
VOICES ON THIS SHOW.
AND I’M SO APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU
WATCH AND I HOPE WE WILL SEE YOU