My View: Make room for young to guide leadership
On Feb. 5, 2019, thanks to Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, I got to do something most people will not do in a lifetime: I attended President Trump's State of the Union address.
I met well-known leaders during my trip. I met several congresswomen and men, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Parkland survivor and activist Cameron Kasky.
Today, Feb. 14, marks the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, shootings.
I also met Jeff and Margot Binkley, guests of Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia, who had lost their only child to gun violence. They had come to Washington, D.C., to turn their pain into action and I stood with them, one activist with another. Me, a recent high school graduate, barely younger than their child had been. I listened to their story and it hit me hard to sit with them in their grief.