Young Activist Gifts

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

"I need respect for my abilities...acknowledgement of my achievements...and recognition of my impact as a young woman in determining the future of this country. Chica power!"

'You can achieve anything if you put your body to it.'

Bern the Feel

Who should be the next eco-club president? The most vegan? The most carbon neutral? The most into solar? Eco-club. But we need someone who will attract kids to the environmental cause. Then it's obvious. The most popular. Or most athletic!

"Gracie, I think you're too young to be a vegetarian..."

Secretary to boss: 'You fooled some of the people all of the time, Senator, but they were all too young to vote.'

Taking out the garbage can, cleaning up my room... Why doesn't someone start a civil war to free us kids?!

'My report is on preserving the environment.'

'Because we're too young to vote. That's why nobody ever promises to raise grades.'

"Five kids have signed my petition. We'd like to have vegetarian options on the cafeteria menu. To help, I've put together a few recipes of my own."

"Oh, I'm not worried about doing the job, if elected. I'm more concerned about facing the onslaught of lobbyists."

"What I miss during school holidays is not going out on strike every Friday."

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

Advances in Third World Healthcare

"I wish he'd actually play with his toy hospital, rather than just making strike placards."

Student: 'Is the medical marijuana thing a grass-roots movement?'

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lawyer - "Father Desmond, we need an exorcism."

'I don't want to be a shepherd. I want to be the policeman who interrupts the play to tell all the mummys and daddys who have parked irresponsibly and dangerously outside to move their cars...'

War on drugs... war on terror... war on lima beans.

"With the Suzuki method, they start them campaigning as early as three or four."

"The good news is, the children in the district have strong writing skills. The bad news is, we have sustained a letter-writing campaign from the third grade."

"We're students and we don't like this sculpture. Have it removed by tomorrow."

"I hope that this is just a riot of passage."

Make good decisions!

Voting on their Seats

'I'm guessing it'll have to be by text.'

'I'd like to run for class president but I don't want to put my family through a background check.'

Class of 2015

Greta Thunberg

Three juniors want to join our eco club. Good recruiting! No way I'm letting them in! What?! Be we need new members! Not necessarily! Gore lies. Global warming is hot air! I (heart) fur.

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

Courting The Youth Vote