Meet PEOPLE’s Girls Changing the World in 2020

By Diane Herbst and Wendy Grossman Kantor, People
September 30, 2020

This article features a graduate from our affiliate school, Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA) in Los Angeles.

Kahlila Williams is too young to vote in this year’s election, but that hasn’t stopped her from getting involved.

“There are 40 million young, eligible voters this year. And most of them don’t know how the pandemic or police violence has disproportionately affected Black and brown Americans,” she says. “I want people who can vote to know the facts.”

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