Mary-Pat Hector, center, campaigning with friends in her race for a seat on the City Council. It began, she says, when she was 9 years old and a friend was struggling with an abusive parent. So Hector wrote a play about the trials young people of different socio-economic backgrounds face to give her friend’s problems a voice. She was old enough to vote in the upcoming election, and to defend her country in war, but she couldn’t run for office? She has even inspired a Georgia state senator to write a bill that would codify 18 as the minimum age to run for office.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 12:05 UTC