Fight : how Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
305.242/DELLA VOLPE,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 305.242/DELLA VOLPE,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781250260468, 1250260469 :, 1250260469, 9781250260468
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

United by fear -- Just a student -- Six minutes in Parkland -- Right in front of everybody -- Backlash -- Tip of the spear -- Impatience is a virtue -- Ask and ye shall receive -- I hear you -- To the future

"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"--