People need to be fired up, he said. “If you want to see a group of fired-up citizens, go to any controversial school board meeting in the country. And you’ll see people who viscerally really understand how local government affects their lives. But it’s going to take that level of engagement.” Wasserman also noted some upsides for fair redistricting this year, saying he expects “a slight decline in aggressive partisan gerrymandering of the kind that came to define 2011.” He and Levitt pointed to similar factors that make them cautiously optimistic for 2021. "As I know you know representation matters. Your presence on television symbolizes so much for young girls," she explained. "And your presence off screen informs so much more. I see you as a young woman of substance who is interested in expanding narratives and learning how to create change. As FLOTUSMichelle Obama “The gender gap at these hackathons was always intimidating, especially to people who had never been to one. To fix this, I started a nonprofit called Girls Make Apps and taught 600-plus young girls how to build apps and organized two large-scale hackathons just for women.”