Introductions

 Hi all, my name is Elijah King and I am very happy and honored to be returning to NDNU for this last year. My mom is actually an alumni of NDNU and the history poli sci department, so as a family we have a deep love for the school. That being said, it makes it that much more sad having this last year not on our beautiful  ocean scented campus.

In my “free time” I actually work on campaigns locally, until recent health setbacks have forced me to withdraw from that. Before my setbacks I worked for a supervisor campaign in Santa Clara County, which was the experience of a lifetime and really affirmed my life's goal to work in politics. Before that I had done just some small scale campaign work for local ballot measures and fund raising causes. This summer I got to work on almost every side of the campaign, which allowed me to learn so much.


In a national political sense I am undoubtedly unquestionably a democrat. Being an African American Jew with family that are Latin-X, Asian, LGBTQ, and everything else, I feel that the other major national party does not represent their interests at all. While the democratic party does protect the interests of some of the aforementioned groups. That will be my "not so hot" take on the state of our national politics at the moment.


I also had the life changing experience of being brought into the activist community this summer. While I am the son of two 60’s radicals, and  have grown up going to protests, it was a renewal of my activist sensibilities. That being said if anyone in the class wants to talk about politics, policy, or protests, I am always up for it!!

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