The general election is coming up fast and now is the time where the importance of voting comes to the forefront. Everybody has the power to make a difference in the world and this is the time to flex that power.
Philadelphia 76ers rookie Matisse Thybulle has been very vocal on how important voting is and how lucky everybody is to have that kind of power in America. He even chose the social message “vote” on his jersey inside the bubble and he explained why it’s so important to him.
Thybulle said:
My dad was born and raised in Haiti and as he grew up there, they had a dictator. That’s something that not a lot of people in the U.S. are very sware of or understand the reality of. To be raised with that perspective and to understand and appreciate what it means to have a vote and be part of a democracy where your opinion matters, it’s taken for granted, I think a lot. It’s something that I’m passionate about, my family’s passionate about, and I think a lot of other players are as well and just trying to educate people in an area that goes back to being a kid. Like the only education I had of voting was ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’. I still remember those songs. It’s not something that’s spoken about enough and this platform is huge for us to have the ability to bring light back to it and hopefully we can get as many as eyes and ears to see and listen and make some change.
Now is the time for everybody to let their voice be heard as it is an important time across the country. [lawrence-related id=37822,37817,37811]