Leading up to the November midterm elections, TOMS and Teen Vogue are hosting a series of Meetups around the country to discuss hyper-localized issues in your backyard. Look out for more information coming soon.

For years, young people have turned up to address the issues they care about, demanding a better tomorrow for themselves, their communities, and future generations. And now they face perhaps the most significant call to create lasting change: turning up to the polls.

If the June Teen Vogue Summit is any indicator, young people are just as eager to vote in the midterm elections come November as they are to march for, post about, and discuss the state of our nation. One of the highlights of the event? The voter registration booth, set up by TOMS , as part of their evolved purpose to empower the next generation to build a better tomorrow. There, over 150 attendees, including first-time-voter Amandla Stenberg , signed those dotted lines and pledged to not only make their voices heard, but to vote.

The voter registration booth (and, obviously, the corresponding photo booth), which was powered by Rock the Vote , gave us the perfect chance to talk to some of these young changemakers about the issues they care about, and how voting can help to make a difference. Teen journalist and storyteller Malick Mercier shared his hope that politicians in office will finally start listening to his peers, rather than writing them off as inexperienced or naive. “Voting is vital for everyone to participate in because movements eat it for lunch. If we don’t feed and fuel our passions by voting, we won’t have much to be passionate about for long," he explained. Malick knows that now is the time to speak out and re-imagine the future he wants to live in.

First-time-voter and rising college freshman Priya Mittal explained the importance of giving a voice to all citizens, regardless of age, ethnicity, or upbringing. “Voting is what will allow us to make sure that everyone, no matter what they look like or where they come from, can be hopeful of the future and the world they are living in,” she said, adding that using our right to vote is a crucial step toward being heard in this — and any — political environment.

"I began canvassing with my local community organization at a very young age,” DACA recipient Sara Mora told us, adding that she saw her inability to vote as a reason to encourage other people to do so.

And NYC college student Tatiana Glover doesn’t want anyone to forget the struggles marginalized communities have faced in the fight for voting rights. “Voting means exercising the rights that my ancestors fought for and made possible for me,” she said.

College student Erin Clifford noted that voting is a citizen-wide right that strengthens our country and the people within it. "Voting is something that unifies all citizens," she said. "Our vote matters and can influence actual change."

Look to any news source: it’s clear that young people all over the world are taking a stand at the polls, which in turn helps to create change in the classroom, in our hometowns, and around the world. Each voter's voice contributes to a world that works better for all of us.

As Erin said, "2018 and 2020 can be an example of how important and powerful young people are for the future of our world: just with a simple cast of a ballot."

To register to vote, pledge to vote, or learn more about upcoming Meetups, head to toms.com/vote .