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Zev Shapiro

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Zev Shapiro (born Zev Dickstein[citation needed]) is an American student activist and social entrepreneur based in Cambridge, MA.[1][2][3][4]

Shapiro was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5] He graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School[6] and currently[when?] attends Harvard University.[7]

Shapiro acted as campaign manager for unsuccessful candidate Joyce Gerber in the 2013 Cambridge School Committee elections, at the age of eleven.[8] He has volunteered for the campaigns of Democratic politicians Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey and Maura Healey.[3][9] In 2014, he was invited to the State of the Union as Elizabeth Warren’s guest.[10] In 2018, Shapiro spoke in support of a Massachusetts civics education bill.[11][12] In 2019, Shapiro launched TurnUp, an app that aims to improve youth voter turnout (high school seniors and college students).[3]

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