Mobilize.org founder, now Executive Director of the National Conference on Citizenship, David Smith facilitated a question and answer period with John Buchanan. Questions came from various members of the audience.
One participant, Joe Wright of Bloomsburg University, asked why it seems young people in 60s were on the cutting edge of social change, and why it is perceived today's young people are not.
Buchanan answered, “I think that we’ve given a generation or so of Americans at least the feeling that it doesn’t matter what they do. We’ve had too little emphasis of civic education in our schools. Because our system is so flawed there has been less of an incentive. Fewer young people understand that they can change and they aren’t excited about what they can do. I think that you (Mobilize) have your work cut out for you to make sure that this situation does change."
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