STOP AUTHORITARIANISM

In recent years, our nation has seen an unfortunate rise in Gerrymandering, a practice where lawmakers redraw congressional maps to benefit their political party. As congressional districts across the country begin to resemble abstract art, America must take a long look in the mirror and decide what we want our future to look like. In Tennessee, a republican legislature is attempting to do this to the city of Memphis. As can be seen, districts have been drawn across the state

This week, I had the great pleasure of visiting a mentor of mine, Tim’m West, in Atlanta. Although I was only there for less than 24 hours, we had quite the trip together. First, we started off at the PEACE academy in Atlanta, where he joined me in giving one of my presentations about the importance of democracy. It was a unique experience for me as I had never presented to lower school students and I found it quite enjoyable. I found it especially exciting to explore a new s