We did this after school because we don't want people to talk bad about us. We're here for our education and our future. If we're not going to school, what's the point of all this?

My parents are from Mexico and when they came here they weren't legal. Now they are, but I still have family that isn't. It affects me personally; that's why I got involved.

We're kids, but we still want our voices heard.

For us it's about family. It affects my family.

It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, no-brainers. While the families of people with mental illnesses are voters, many people with mental illnesses are not. That's not the same for people with cancer.

The gaming industry is notoriously paranoid. It was easier for me to be wearing a gun within an arm's reach of the president of the United States than get approval to carry a firearm in a casino.