from Gregg Sulkin. Of course, these pics with Charliecould I registered on campus at Brooklyn College, and it was sort of a passerby moment, where some young people were doing voter registration and I happened to pass by. But it shouldn’t be that way. I think the conversation about our political parties, and addressing why voting matters, and why the votes of women of color and working-class people matter — normal, routine voter registration efforts don’t address that. But of course they don’t, because the history of voting is rooted in leaving us out. It’s no secret that the history of voting tells a long tale of racism and misogyny. Who had the right to vote first? Men, and they were white men. For the rest of us to vote, it took organizing, it took power mapping, it took an uprising to demand it, and then to make it real. Given Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States and the ways in which he is trying to dismantle both Barack Obama’s legacy and all the progress the world has made toward universal equality, we need to boldly assert the human rights of everyone with a particular emphasis on everyone who is not a heterosexual, middle-class or wealthy, cisgender white man. We need to loudly and openly state that civil rights are human rights. These statements need to be made not just by public figures like Hillary Clinton. They need to be made by each and every one of us in our day-to-day lives. City council meetings are also a great opportunity for local officials to get to know you. At the end of meetings, most forums allow citizens to voice their opinions during apublic-commentportion.