On November 7th, 2006, high school students from St. Paul, Minnesota, Oakland, California, and Johnsburg, New York, went to the polls to ask voters one basic question: What motivates them to vote?
The students were part of a national pilot project called The Face of Democracy that teaches basic documentary journalism skills to young people and then puts them in the path of those who take their citizenship seriously.
After election day, the students edited their interviews and culled their photographs to make a traveling exhibit that has been displayed in libraries, city halls, and public galleries across the country.
The Face of Democracy seeks to challenge the prevailing disconnection of young people from the political life of the country by enabling them to bear witness to our democracy in real and tangible ways.