Each week, Generation Citizen shares pertinent articles in the education, democracy and policy spaces. We invite our readers to share and discuss on Facebook and Twitter.

• This MLK Day, remember the man who had a dream by volunteering in your community. – Volunteer Match

• Photographer James Baker reflects on the Selma-Montgomery March and shares his photographs of the historic event. – Smithsonian Magazine

• A short documentary explores why we protest. – FiveThirtyEight

• A Maryland county expands the democratic process by engaging a new set of citizens by lowering the voting age to 16. – The Washington Post

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