By Karina Aslanyan and Noel Stevens
Young people participating in the Youth Community Action Team at the Maryvale YMCA in Phoenix are immersed in local and national politics. The program helps them navigate and understand the struggles they and their community face. The neighborhood of Maryvale has the youngest median resident age in Phoenix and the second-highest percentage of residents living below the poverty line. In a series of video interviews, members of the CAT program discuss what issues are important to them both as young people and as residents of Maryvale.