Young Progressive Activists Lay Out ‘Roadmap’ For Biden To Win Back Gen Z – By Charlotte Alter (Time) / March 6, 2024
Representatives from some of the nation’s largest progressive youth organizations will gather Wednesday in Washington to unveil a set of demands for Joe Biden, which the activists billed as a playbook for the oldest President in American history to convince the youngest cohort of voters to turn out to vote for him.
The so-called Finish the Job Youth Agenda is a laundry list of liberal causes. Devised by the leaders of prominent progressive groups like the Sunrise Movement, March for Our Lives, United We Dream Action and Gen-Z for Change, it calls for a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank; rejecting new oil, gas and coal projects and ensuring the U.S. reaches 100% clean energy by 2035; and providing free healthcare and affordable housing to people affected by climate disasters, among other Democratic priorities like increasing standards for gun ownership, expanding DACA and stopping construction on a border wall.
The agenda is both an olive branch and an ultimatum for the embattled Democratic President. The activists’ message to Biden was clear: take the concerns of young voters seriously, or risk losing their votes in 2024.
“This is a literal roadmap to how you build trust and energy among our generation in a critical election year,” said Michele Weindling, political director of the Sunrise Movement, which advocates for action on climate change. “Let us help you, dude.”
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