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Now I’m jealous of Chris Evans on multiple fronts. Not only does he get to hang with Ana de Armas, he’s also helping the rest of us communicate better with our elected officials. He’s doing that via his involvement with “A Starting Point” (ASP), a video-based civic engagement platform he helped launch in 2020 along with filmmaker Mark Kassen and tech entrepreneur, Joe Kiani.
The platform uses video to allow elected officials to explain their perspectives without the constraints of a typical media interview. The idea is to give politicians a place to explain complex political issues so they’re more understandable with the end result being more civic engagement among young people.
ASP also hosts educational resources to help anyone better understand how our government works along with a project called ASP Homeroom aimed at providing civic learning in schools. It’s a big project, and we’re not the first to recognize Evans’ work – he and his ASP co-founders received a Spirit of Service award in September, 2024.
Oh, and his abs are better than mine, too; or they would be if I had abs.
