Captain America dreams of the Americans sticking shape and becoming concerned about the political process.
On Tuesday, Sudbury-born actor and activist Chris Evans announced the launch of A Starting Point, a civic engagement featuring videos of more than 150 elected officials from both sides of the political corridor discussing end-to-end disorders in short, easy-to-digest videos.
Evans, co-founder of A Starting Point with actor/filmmaker Mark Kassen and medical generation entrepreneur Joe Kiani, said in a video posted on social media that the concept of homework first came to him in 2017.
“I watched the scoop and there was something I didn’t understand, and I went to Google. And right away, it was in the undergrowth,” Evans said. “You have to go through this mountain of facts. And I thought, “What if there was any way for me to not only get concise answers to the average questions, but also the answers of the elected officials themselves?”
Evans said that beyond helping Americans be better informed, he hoped A Starting Point would lead to more Americans engaged in the political process.
“The more Americans worry about politics, the better,” Evans said in the video. “And I hope that other humans without delight in this picture will find this place as an intuitive and easy-to-use point.”
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