Alexandra (“Alex”) Lehman is the co-founder and executive director of Coalition Z, an activism organization committed to amplifying the voices of progressive youth (coalitionz.org). Launched on Inauguration Day 2017, Coalition Z has expanded its reach nationwide, becoming a peer-to-peer network of twenty high school chapters and counting. Most recently, in the wake of the Parkland tragedy, Coalition Z provided a platform for students to bring attention to the gun reform debate and to lobby actively for more restrictive gun legislation. Next month, the Coalition Z founders will build on their efforts to increase student participation in our democracy and lead a cohort of NYC high schoolers to Albany to advocate for more expansive voting rights legislation. Simultaneously, the organization is working on six initiatives: creating youth cabinets; expanding the #MeToo movement to include the perspectives and experiences of high schoolers, becoming #WeToo; promoting legislation to protect the environment; revamping efforts to take back the House of Representatives; fighting restrictive voting laws; and creating opportunities for informed and civil discourse across party lines.