When most people think of their first experience with democracy, turning 18 years old and gaining the right to vote usually comes to mind. What many don’t realize, however, is that democracy actually begins long before that benchmark birthday, starting first in the...
By Fabiola Montiel, Community Relations Program Officer May 31, 2018 I began standing up for young children when I was only a 7-year-old child. When I was growing up in Mexico, a young boy named Noe and his grandmother lived next to my house. His grandmother had taken...
