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she's now a senior at unc charlotte or she is head of the north carolina college democrats. come on up, eliza. >> let's see here. all right. thank you everyone. welcome to the official kickoff for the 2012 democratic national convention. i am allies to hernandez. i am director of the college director of democrats. we welcome the commission to charlotte. when i enrolled at the university of north carolina in 2008, i became involved in the college democrats. before i knew it, outstanding in line in the freezing rain on november 3, 2008. the day before election day waiting for president obama to speak at my very own university. he is a little befuddled toughin i devoted myself and the to do everything i can to support the man standing before me and to keep dissidents around me as passionate as they were that day. -- the students around me as passionate as they were that day. it is hard to have a voice when you're 21 years old. there's a belief that you're too young or too inexperienced to make contributions to powerful government. president obama recognizes this by involving al

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