This is a true account of why and how Young People For works in the daily lives of fellows. My name is Corina McCarthy-Fadel and I am a 2008 Young People For fellow representing Oglethorpe University and a proud member of the Southern Region. My background is in community organizing; specifically in the youth and hip hop communities. I am a Hip Hop Organizer for Hip Hop Media Lab, and intern for Project South and an intern with the Frontlines Tour: a national hip hop organizing tour working to united people through music. Actually, right now I am writing to you from a café in Fresno, California while on tour.

Here is my story:

 Kanye West said it best in his song, Big Brother, "If you admire somebody, go on head tell em, people never get their flowers while they can still smell em."

So... I am askin us all to give out our flowers fresh, while people can still smell them.

I never wrote a blog before in my life. So please bare with me.

Today was voting day in Georgia, where i stay. But i did not vote, and i am not ashamed. I am not doggin no one that did, i just can't seem to follow the voting thing. I feel like voting really only sustains the current system of oppression we call the U.S. government. 

So I am asking: Why voting is valued so high in a nation where...