Denzel Washington urges Americans to focus on youth this election
Categories: Teens & tweens, Health & safety, Childcare, Environment, Media, Education
Actor Denzel Washington has a few words for Americans hitting the voting booths this November. He is urging us to take into consideration the needs of our youth as we consider casting our ballots. He's also urging our leaders to take these matters into greater account.
Washington is a strong supporter of the Boys and girls Club of America, and has taken youth issues to heart. Says Washington, the nation's leaders need to focus on the needs of our youth, including the increases in obesity and the high school dropout rate. The Oscar winner also commented on the violent crime among young people, which increases in the hours right after school.
Washington made his opinion known via a commentary piece for CNN.com and feels that if we don't deal with these issues our children won't be prepared to deal with the "challenges posed by a complex world." Well said!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jamie 9-25-2008 @ 6:14PM
He is beautiful inside and out. What a wonderful person. Nice post!
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Karen 9-26-2008 @ 8:42AM
And the BEST lesson we can teach our "youth" it to take personal responsibility and NOT to rely on the government. We need to erase the entitlement mentality that we have intilled in our youth.
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Emily 9-26-2008 @ 9:50AM
Celebrities tend to not understand or not pay attention to how our system of government is structured. Caring for the children is something to be left to the state and local levels of government. That darn little thing called the Constitution was pretty clear on that.
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