Sarah Funes' "million-dollar question" is how to get minorities excited about voting. The junior has lobbied in Sacramento and Washington, advised transit agencies and worked the polls. Her drive, she says, comes from being "Latin, a woman and disabled. I want to elect people who look like me."
 

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"After we saw Dr. King preach for the first time, my father said to us, 'If he can preach it, we can sing it,' " recalls Mavis Staples, who will be a guest on campus Thursday for a concert and a panel discussion on protest. "I think that really sums up the power that song, music has." In advance of her visit, she spoke with the NewsCenter.