Juwan Blocker is a life time resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland and a graduate of the Prince George’s County Public School System. He got his start in advocacy and activism as a community organizer during his 9th grade year. Throughout his time as an advocate and activist he fought in Annapolis against proposed Maryland budget cuts to education, advocated to lower the voting age to 16 in the city of Hyattsville, advocated against increasing property taxes, the need for more young people to be involved in influencing school board policy and decision making on the Prince George’s County Board of Education and a host of other efforts. Full Biography
Lowering voting age to 16 is something that majority of local governments can do across America. The following was posted by Austin Plier at FairVote, good friends of Democracy Chronicles:…
Student board member Juwan Blocker has created a petition urging the Prince George’s County CEO Dr. Kevin Maxwell to keep Hyattsville Middle School’s creative writing program. The Petition states: Dear…
