this fight “is a marathon.” The prospect of short-term failures is never a justification to simply leave the issue alone and sweep it under the rug as if it doesn’t exist. Simple efforts like setting up voter registration drives or volunteering at gun violence prevention events might seem like small actions, but together, we can make a huge difference. Young people — again, particularly young women — see themselves as civic actors, but social constructs have limited the ideas about how much civic responsibility teenagers should take on. “I think we do have a blind spot on what young people are capable of,” Kawashima-Ginsberg tellsTeen VogueLast year,a poll of lowering the federal voting age from 18 to 16 after the bill was introduced on the House floor by RepresentativeAyanna Pressley featured this wonderful celebration, the Day of the Dead, which is a universal celebration," Anthony Gonzalez, who voices Miguel, toldTeen Vogue