“It’s also a great opportunity for empowering the kids, and we can advocate for their future together,” [For Our Kids Burnaby member Kate] McMahon said. “I think being able to stand up there, use their own voices in a safe place, and seeing the adults around them advocating for their future...and teaching them how to use their own voices. I think this is a good way to counter anxiety, which is caused not only by worry about what the future holds but by seeing the inaction of their leaders as well.”
Read Lubna El Elaimy's full article in the Burnaby Observer here.