Youth Political Talk: Recent Episodes
Ashley Lynn Priore
Youth Political Talk is the official channel for Youth Political Strategies, a campaign organization helping to elect candidates who support young people and policy. Hosted by national strategist and campaign consultant Ashley Lynn Priore.
Before becoming executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women, Moriah served as the special assistant to the Governor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. She grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and worked on several campaigns in the area. She is also a member of the Shippensburg University Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Aarna is a writer, poet and activist from Mumbai, India. Her main passion is sexual violence and mental health advocacy, and has spoken at events and on panels surrounding these topics. She hopes to run for office one day. In her free time, Aarna loves to read, write and reflect on why things are the way they are.
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Jonathan Lovitz is a union member, experienced lawmaker, trusted equality champion, and the pro-economy, pro-equity, pro-solutions candidate for PA's 182 District. Youth Political Strategies is proud to endorse him in this election.
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Jacob, 33, was raised in West Kittanning, about an hour’s drive north of the city. In 2010 he graduated from Gannon University and went on to earn his master’s degree in theology from the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado. You can probably catch Jacob walking Theo, his eighty-pound labradoodle, in Crafton Heights or often down at the Point.
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India is a student at the University of Pittsburgh, political advocate, and social justice activist. She talked with us about her political journey and her recent opinion piece in the Pitt News!
Shayna Rutman is an 18 year old activist who uprooted her charity project Purses For A Purpose- San Diego last May with the help of her dad. She has collected purses and bags and filled them with travel sized toiletries and delivers them to homeless women in her city. This organization centralizes itself with the purpose of reminding each homeless woman that receives a purse that they are valued and loved in society.
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Sarah McBride is an American activist and politician who is a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate since January 2021. We talked about her historic campaign and what she hopes to achieve in office.
Rachel is a Program Associate with the Outreach team. In this position, she coordinates outreach to AFJ’s networks of member organizations, law schools, legal communities and various coalitions across the United States to educate and advocate about the importance of the federal judiciary in protecting constitutional rights and freedoms. She previously worked as the Investigative Mitigation Intern with Capital Defender Office of Northern Virginia where she collected character witness testimony. Earlier in 2018 she worked with Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington as an Advocacy Intern. Rachel also worked on the 2017 Democratic Coordinated Campaign, increasing voter turnout in Petersburg, VA by 48%.
Originally from Richmond, VA, Rachel has been living in the district for 4 years and recently graduated cum laudefrom American University with a degree in Justice and Law, concentrating in Criminal Justice. She also studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark focusing on the various legal approaches to sex work and how they intersected with women’s agency. In her free time Rachel loves playing Mario Kart and raising service dogs with her family.
Jack Schmiedlin is a student at Chatham University and the founder of Chatham College Republicans. We talked about how to collaborate with those who think differently than you do, and how republicans and democrats can unite for 2021.
Dan LaVallee was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Pennsylvania. He currently works for UPMC where he leads social responsibility initiatives.
Daniel Turillo is a student at the University of Pittsburgh, the State Council Chair for the PA College Democrats, and the Vice President for the University of Pittsburgh College Democrats.
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Tom Steyer is a businessman, climate change activist, and the founder of NextGen. He was also a 2020 Presidential Candidate for President of the United States.
Ellyana is a student at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in Social Work. She served as an intern in the City of Pittsburgh's District 8 Office under Councilmember Erika Strassburger.
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Jared Deluccia was the Chair of the Ciamacca Youth Coalition for Deb Ciamacca's campaign for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168.
Lou Paniccioli is an intern at the American Association of People with Disabilities and the Secretary of the Disabilities Issues Caucus with the NEw York State Young Democrats.
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Chatham University College Democrats is a chapter within College Democrats of America, an official youth outreach arm of the Democratic Party.
We are proud to interview Senator Bob Casey about PA youth rights and politics. U.S. Senator Bob Casey fights every day for Pennsylvania families. He is a strong advocate for policies that improve the health care and early learning of children and policies that will raise wages for the middle class. Senator Casey serves on four committees including the Senate Finance Committee and Senate HELP Committee. He is also the highest ranking Democrat on the Special Committee on Aging, where his agenda is focused on policies that support seniors and individuals with disabilities. Senator Casey and his wife Terese have four daughters and live in Scranton.
Adam F. C. Fletcher is an internationally recognized expert on youth and social change who enlivens and empowers young people and adults everywhere to take action and make the world a better place. He talked with us about what people can do to empower youth and help them achieve their dreams.
Alvin Lee is the founder and Executive Director of GENup. Alvin is deeply involved with political activism in his local community and beyond and found a spark for education policy and advocacy late freshman year. Since then, he's been extremely engaged in educational issues in both his local community and beyond and is excited to lead GENup in a new direction. He talked with us about what GENUp is doing since the election and the hopeful transition of Biden into the White House.
Riley Reed is a senior at DePaul University, leads a nonprofit, and is an activist for queer rights in the community.
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Abby Rickin-Marks is a student at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA and is the program coordinator for Education not Discrimination.
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Jacob Kravitz is a student at Miami University and is doing some incredible work mobilizing the youth vote.
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Join youth from across the country to chat about youth policy, current events, and more.
Robyn Colajezzi (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 145. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Santiago Mayer is the founder and Executive Director of Voters of Tomorrow and the co-founder of Prom at the Polls. Santiago talked with us about what this election means to him and how is work is empowering youth across the country.
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Rafael Campos is a graduate from Georgetown University and currently works at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC.
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Sophia Shapiro is a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, co-president at Students for Biden at Pitt, and the co-founder of Prom at the Polls (a national organization dedicated to getting young people to the polls in November).
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Eva Hale is the on-campus outreach coordinator for Students for Biden in Michigan. She chats about her own interest in politics, why this election is so important, and how young people can GOTV.
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Join PA Candidates Deb Ciamacca and Anton Andrew for a discussion on politics from questions submitted by youth. Ashley Lynn Priore and Jared Deluccia serve as co-hosts for this special event.
Join youth from across the country discussing the upcoming election, current events, and why young people need to get out the vote.
Alexandra De Luca is the Communications Director for Dr. Barbara Bollier's Campaign. She joined Ashley Lynn Priore to talk about the campaign, Barbara's plans for youth in Kansas, and what it is like to be on the campaign trial during COVID-19.
Michael Blichar Jr. (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 187. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Peter Buck (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 171. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Maggie Di Sanza is a youth activist and mastermind behind Bleed Shamelessly, an organization designed to end the stigmas against menstruation, through political and social change.
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Jason Bohner is the co-founder of Bronx Science Young Democrats Club, leads Young Progressives for Biden in New York, and leads a nonprofit organization dedicated to civics education.
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Charlie Panfil is the Executive Director of Friends of Intelligent Democracy PAC. Friends of Intelligent Democracy PAC is a political action committee run by college students focused on supporting Democratic candidates for the United States Congress and President of the United States.
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Julie Slomski (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 49. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Michelle Siegel (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 27. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Margie Brown (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 25. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Deb Ciamacca (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 168. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.