Millennials Making a Difference in 2019

Jaden Smith nears the millennial/Gen Z line. Like older millennials, Smith seeks to make the world safer. In March 2019, Smith's organization partnered with the First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, Michigan, to bring clean water to residents. Flint faced a crisis since lead first appeared in the water supply in 2014.

Smith brought the "Water Box" filtration system to the town. The Water Box uses multiple filters to remove lead and other water contaminants. It supplies about 10 gallons of filtered water per minute.10 gallons of filtered water per minute.Per minute.

"It was a community people talked about and donated to. Everyone paid attention, then it slowly faded, but the problems stayed," Smith told thelocal ABC news outlet.

On March 18, 2019, Ariana Grande started her 50-city "Sweetener" tour.Sweetener.Grande partnered with nonprofit HeadCount so fans could register to vote for the 2020 presidential election. Her initiative title was #ThankUNextGen.Register to vote for the 2020 presidential election.Her initiative's title is #ThankUNextGen.

The pop superstar posted a photo on Instagram. It showed a voting registration booth with a sign reading, "you like my rights? gee thanks, JUST VOTED!" This was a nod to her "7 rings" lyrics.

In January, Twitch streamer and YouTuber Harry Brewis, AKA Hbomberguy, announced he would playDonkey Kong 64.Brewis planned to play Donkey Kong 64 completely to raise money for Mermaids, a British charity supporting transgender children. Brewis said he would play to 101% completion, a task taking over 30 hours. Brewis played for 57 hours and raised over $340,000.

"I chose to support [Mermaids] because, as someone in Britain, I find the media talk on this issue very wrong. I want to help support the people doing the hard work to shape how people think about an issue," he statedHe announced this in a video.discussing the challenge. Before Brewis began, the charity lost some funding after anti-trans activistsHe lobbied against it..

One of New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's main points is income inequality. Ready to lead by example, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez announced in February 2019 that the base salary for any staff member is $52,000 a year.

"We want to make sure we offer a living wage to our staff, and that we hire for the right workload levels, and that we staff our committees sensibly," She said.The Economic Policy Institute says,one in nine American workers, or 11% of the US workforce, live in poverty even with full-time jobs.