Fight : how Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America / John Della Volpe ; foreword by David Hogg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Volpe, John, author.

Contributor:

Hogg, David, 2000- writer of foreword.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generation Z--Political activity--United States.

Generation Z.

Generation Z--United States--Social conditions.

Young adults--Political activity--United States.

Young adults.

Young adults--Political activity.

Social conditions.

Political participation.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

Summary:

"From John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics, Fight is an exploration of Gen Z, the issues that matter most to them, and how they will shape the future. 9/11. The war on terror. Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 financial crisis. The housing crisis. The opioid epidemic. Mass school shootings. Global warming. The Trump presidency. COVID-19. Since they were born, Generation Z (also known as "zoomers")-those born from the late 1990s to early 2000s-have been faced with an onslaught of turmoil, destruction and instability unprecedented in modern history. And it shows: they are more stressed, anxious, and depressed than previous generations, a phenomenon John Della Volpe has documented heavily through decades of meeting with groups of young Americans across the country. But Gen Z has not buckled under this tremendous weight. On the contrary, they have organized around issues from gun control to racial and environmental justice to economic equity, becoming more politically engaged than their elders, and showing a unique willingness to disrupt the status quo. In Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Passion and Fear to Save America, Della Volpe draws on his vast experience to show the largest forces shaping zoomers' lives, the issues they care most about, and how they are-despite older Americans' efforts to label Gen Z as overly sensitive, lazy, and entitled-rising to the unprecedented challenges of their time to take control of their country and our future"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. United By Fear

2. Just A Student

3. Six Minutes in Parkland

4. Right in Front of Everybody

5. Backlash

6. Tip of the Spear

7. Impatience is a Virtue

8. Ask and Ye Shall Receive

9. I Hear You

10. To The Future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9781250260468

1250260469

OCLC:

1260107533