Generation Change with Leo Finelli

Elijah Pelton

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We begin Season 4 of the Generation Change with Leo Finelli Podcast with Leo and Elijah Pelton.

Elijah got his start in the gun violence prevention movement after the Parkland shooting. At his high school, Elijah started chapters of Students Demand Action and March For Our Lives, which held multiple events including 2 school walkouts, and gave presentations to both the school board and the city council. Elijah now attends Johnson and Wales University, where he studies hospitality management.

Elijah talks about growing up near Washington, DC, organizing school walkouts against gun violence, and volunteering as a chef with World Central Kitchen.

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