Everything Beverly Leon said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Leon: Far too many voters lack skills to critically assess legislation
“For far too many people, that answer is no. They don't have the ability to actually Think critically about the impact of some of the, this legislation and policy, and that's a problem.”
Leon: American democracy is not broken, but historically exclusive
“I do not think American democracy is broken. What I think has happened in American democracy, and if we take a look to our founding, It's been extremely exclusive. It has not been an inclusive democracy.”
Leon: Civic engagement does not spontaneously develop in adulthood without school foundations
“If you haven't been invited into spaces of power and community, You're not gonna wake up at 18 and suddenly start exploring those places of power, and one of those rights we get granted at 18 is the right to vote. If you can think back to when you were that ol…”
Leon: Only about one in four US adults can name all three government branches
“Civic knowledge is at an all time low. It's around one in four adults can name all three branches of the federal government.”
Leon: Local Civics bootstrapped to six-figure revenue without outside capital
“And, you know, in, in the past year, you know, we, we've been able to bootstrap our company through just a couple grants from Columbia, from different social venture funds to actually grow our revenues, you know, into the six figures. And that's something that…”
Leon: Only about 43% of 18-29 year olds voted in 2016
“So, 2016, you know, in particular for young people, only about 43% of my age cohort voted in the presidential election. So that's 18 to 29 year olds. 43% showed up for one of our largest, our presidential election.”
Leon: Local Civics operates on a per-student enterprise SaaS model
“We sell our technology on a per student basis. So it's really an enterprise SaaS model, but we've done the deep work to say, are we adding value to schools and the person that's paying us?”
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