<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2024/taking-part-in-democracy.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>01/19/2024 12:02:19 PM</pubDate><title>Taking part in democracy</title><description>Mollie Kuwahara here. I am a Tacoma Community College student and one of the SBCTC’s student legislative interns for the 2024 session. Last Friday, for the first time ever, I testified on a bill.</description><author>Mollie Kuwahara</author><category>intern</category><image/><image-caption/></item>