The director of an organization that "trains up the next generation of leaders by helping to elect godly men and women" says he's seeing tremendous numbers of youth coming out in support of the Republican presidential ticket.
Generation Joshua, or Gen J, is the political action committee of the Home School Legal Defense Association. The organization's goal is to help train the next generation of conservative leaders by endorsing godly leaders and getting conservative youth involved in the election process. Director Will Estrada says records were broken in 2008 with more than 1,000 students volunteering to work on campaigns nationwide. "Even looking at it anecdotally, my wife and I were at a Sarah Palin rally the other day in Leesburg, Virginia, and it was amazing to see how many college students, young people, kids who had taken the day off from school and were there with their parents, were at this rally and were very, very engaged and very enthusiastic about the McCain-Palin ticket," he recounts. Estrada adds that after November 4, the focus of Gen J will shift from the election to educating youth about U.S. history and what it takes to be a good citizen, as well as getting them involved in their communities. "So politically, [we'll talk to them about] writing to their members of Congress, maybe even visiting their members of Congress' district offices in their states where they live and speaking out about issues on which they're passionate," he explains. With just a few days left until the elections, Estrada encourages youth to get out and vote for the candidate who best upholds their values.
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