Now 27, she’ll travel the country for Hillary Clinton, whose husband supported “tough on crime” plans that disproportionately affected black Americans, to talk about crime and punishment. She also worked to improve communication between Amnesty’s largely white and middle-class membership and young Black Lives Matter advocates across the country. In 2014, the White House honored her as a “Champion of Change” on gun violence prevention. That same study found that Clinton has a 76% to 5% advantage with likely young black voters. On Monday, Burley joined the Clinton campaign as deputy millennial vote director, after leading a program on gun violence and justice at Amnesty International.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2016 12:00 UTC