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occupancy that Montgomery County’s Department of General Ser - vices donated in 2017. Action Youth Media is part of a wonderful collection of fellow pro - grams in the Silver Spring area, such as: Arts on the Block (www.art - sontheblock.com/); Levine Music (www.levinemusic.org/); CREATE Arts Center (https://createartscenter.org/); DOCS In Progress (www. docsinprogress.org/); and Passion 4 Learning (www.passionforlearn - ing.org/). We cooperate, share resources, and learn forward together. How To Get Involved Students and their families at Action Youth Media have made new friends, learned digital skills, built confidence, and published artworks and films at our studio, and new students continue to join the creative journey every week. Students and parents can get involved by registering for free class- es on EventBrite, applying to the Summer DOCS apprenticeship, or participating in the Fall Fest and Youth Film Festival events each year at AFI Silver. Students interested in film and activism can also par - ticipate through the Excel Beyond the Bell program in Montgomery County (https://excelbeyondthebell.org/), and soon at community centers in Takoma Park. Their films are screened and receive awards alongside professional, established filmmakers making short pieces on causes that are important to youth. All of our events and programs are free.

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Democracy at Home: Letting Youth Legislate Their Light BY GRANT PACERNICK, OUTREACH & COMMUNICATIONS

Democracy at Home is a youth-led nonprofit advocacy organization working to amplify young voices in local Washington, D.C., politics by con - vening a coalition for them to draft, propose, and campaign to pass legislation. The team is currently in the partnership build-

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ing and outreach phase of the work, connecting with nonprofits across the District to build power behind youth-led legislation. Be - ginning this fall, the Youth Power Coalition will convene with the goal of drafting and advocating for the passage of legislation through the Council of the District of Columbia, driven by an intense advoca - cy campaign from the coalition and its partners. Samuel Draisen, the 20 year-old founder and Political Director of Democracy at Home, envisions a collaborative environment where education advocates and social justice organizations can lend exper - tise and power to the young people at the center of the work. “Young people will be in the spotlight,” says Draisen, sharing his vision for the Youth Power Coalition. Draisen was deeply involved in youth activism and canvassing ef - forts in Boston before moving to Washington, D.C. to attend George

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