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Lobbyists, The Presidential candidates tell us, have become so powerful that they are destroying our democracy. This, of course, makes me want to become a lobbyist. As it turns out, the Afterschool Alliance, which asks the government to fund children's programs, invited me into its Leadership Circle. So I recently joined more than 500 program administrators, educators and policymakers from around the country to walk the halls of Congress and ask Representatives and Senators not to pass the cuts to the No Child Left Behind Act that President George W. Bush has proposed. Not knowing precisely how lobbying worked...
...Afterschool Alliance had a far better technique: tons of supercute poor kids. A day before we hit the offices of almost 200 congressional members, we sat through an afternoon of PowerPoint-filled workshops at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel to learn lots of stats. These all seemed boring, so I suggested we dress the kids up like street urchins from a Dickens novel and give them dented tin cups...
...assigned to lobby with the Afterschool Alliance delegation from Harris County, Texas, which consisted of 17 local education officials, 10 kids and a paid, professional political consultant. We walked into the office of Chet Edwards, a Democratic Congressman from Waco who declared himself completely on our side. That, however, did not stop the PowerPointed kids. "The peak time we do a lot of crimes is 3 to 6," said Maria Cruz...
...with glitter spray, glitter powder, and roll-on body glitter. Of course, glitter isn’t her whole life. She’s also a member of the ballroom dance team, a Drug and Alcohol Peer Adviser, and a member of Phillips Brooks House’s Chinatown Afterschool Program. She recently declared a concentration in Biological Anthropology.But here in Mather Dining Hall, in between bites of mixed greens and red chili hummus, Liles is all twirler. She performs her signature move. It is called the layback, and she does it nearly every time she performs: She leans back...
...Sarah K. Satinover ’08, STAGE’s former President, the board’s current social chair, and a continuing volunteer. “It’s completely their own original work.” Around 60 children participate in STAGE’s afterschool program, as well as over 20 undergraduate volunteers from Harvard. “The sites are selected because they have suffered from cuts in arts funding, specifically in theater arts,” Lawton says. An additional component of the program is an on-campus musical, performed by undergraduates, that...