Clarissa R. At The Revolution
Hi! My name is Clarissa Rodriguez and I am 17 years old and the youngest Democratic National Delegate, in the state of Texas(in represention of Bernie Sanders). In recent months, I have become extraordinary involed in politics. Recently, I was elected as a National Delegate at my state's Democratic Convention, by my Senate-District. I will be attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, from July 24 to 30. visit my website here! Considering the fact that I am from the Texas City, Texas, I will have some rather large travel expenses. - a flight from houston to philly, cant be cheap. I am trying to raise money in order to pay all and any of these travel/stay expenses that come with being a National Delegate.
The goal is 3500 dollars, because all state and national delegates have to pay for their own way to Philly. Now that I have secured the National position, in my district, I only have roughly one month to raise enough money to attend. This is urgent and so exciting!
To add some background, I can tell you my mother works incredibly hard for what we have -which may not be considered much. She has worked hard her entire life. She raised me to be passionate and kind. That passion has brought me to this: wanting to represent a lot of people, like my mom: who makes just above minimum wage , my father: who never really recovered from addiction, my step father: who recently passed due to cancer/liver syrosis and all others who have not been represented well enough in our system. I care deeply about the shape and status of the Democratic Party and The United States. And yes, I hear often that it is unusual to find a person my age so anamored by politics, but I care passionatly about what happens to us, not as 'democrats' or 'republicans', but as people. I am trying to raise this money, in order to take the burden of paying for this massive trip off of my mom. I would greatly appreciate if you would help me do that. I am in the position to represent so many people and I can tell you even by giving the smallest donation, you would still be helping us a great deal with any travel and hotel cost for the Dem. Convention.
Thank you,
Clarissa (:
If you would like, there is more information on the trip and expenses here (national): texasdemocracticconvention.com
why so is national convention stay so expensive? - they place national delegates in a certain hotel to make sure they are accounted for and safe.
also, here is some photos from the county and state convetion:
