A Case for Student Citizenship: Harley Litzlelman at TEDxUCDavis

In an impassioned plea, 18-year-old Harley Litzelman, asks us to more carefully consider the input of students when creating education policies that effect them. And how our modern regime is stifling the democratic spirit in current students.

Harley Litzelman is a freshman at UC Davis, majoring in American Studies and Sociology with a minor in Education. Harley is currently a Legislative Aid for ASUCD Lobby Corps, the part of the UC Davis undergraduate student government responsible for representing the student perspective on legislative action affecting higher education in Sacramento.

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