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Candidates promise youth outreach and internships to bring young people into politics
Summary
Both John Betcha and Grama Nguyen told a Lynn audience they would involve young people through internships, roundtables and civics education; Nguyen said her campaign is "run by youth."
A question about youth concerns prompted both candidates to describe concrete outreach plans. Moderators cited data showing youth financial insecurity and mental-health concerns, and asked how student leadership would be incorporated into governance.
John Betcha described organizing youth roundtables on policy areas such as small business and climate and said he would create task forces if elected. "One of the things I've done during the course of this campaign is organize roundtables," he said. Grama Nguyen said her campaign is run by youth and highlighted internship and civics-education efforts she helped enact at the state level.
