My name is Jordyn Mouton and I ran for 2025 Oregon Kid Governor, and I am now a member of Kid Governor, Rosie’s cabinet. I ran with a platform on Racism and Discrimination with my 3 point plan RPS.
- “R” stands for “RAISE awareness for racism and discrimination”.
- “P” stands for “PREVENT racism and discrimination”.
- “S” stands for “STAND up for others when you see someone make a racist/discriminative remark against someone else”.
I started my Kid Governor journey close to the beginning of the school year. My teacher had informed the entire class about how our school was participating in the Kid Governor elections for the first year ever, along with all the details about it. I was super interested in the opportunity and immediately knew what my platform would be on as I have a strong passion for equality. My school first ran elections in each 5th grade classroom, each candidate had about a week to write our speech. I won my class election and advanced into elections for the entire 5th grade where I had to present my speech in front of all of 5th grade. I went up against 3 other kids from 3 other classes beside mine. It was a super tense time because everyone wanted to win and go up against other kids around the state, but we also were very supportive of each other. I was in my class when my name was announced over the intercom that I had won the election for my school; my class and I screamed of joy. After that, I asked a few of my friends to help me write big signs for me to read for my video to submit for my official candidacy.
When I heard the exciting news that I was elected onto the Kid Governor Cabinet, I was in Texas visiting my cousins and Ms. Nikki called my mom to tell her the exciting news. My mom and I were super excited and I could not wait for my cousins to get home from school so we could tell them the news.
One of my favorite parts of being a part of the Kid Governor program has been the Inauguration. The Inauguration was so exciting, but also nerve wrecking. I was excited to see Rosie and my fellow cabinet members in person and to be sworn in, but also nervous because there was a lot of people that I had to speak in front of. That experience I will never forget and I am so happy my family was there with me and my schoolmates got to live stream the event.
Since I have gotten sworn in, I have put up posters all around my school of different hero’s and legends of colored history. Examples of people are, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges. Another thing I have been working on is getting with multiple kids from my school too put on a short film about a girl getting discriminated against by a group of kids and the story of understanding and resolution. I plan to be able to have an assembly or some sort of talk with other kids from my school about what racism or discrimination means to them and how they can prevent it.
If you would like to support my platform, you can stand up if you see somebody experiencing discrimination and educate the discriminator.
