Young Activist Pillows

'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.'

"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."

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

'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...'

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

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

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

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

"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."

'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

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

Courting The Youth Vote

'It's only temporary. My student loans didn't quite carry me until social security.'

"M'Lady! We beseech thee."

Never Again

"I'm going to be an activist when I grow up."

"We need to treat every cleanup equally."

Now, that's how you build a wall.

"I've never benefited from racism!"

Hooray! The youth is interested in politics and in the environment!!