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Kansas City Mayor Sly James visited with students at the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-Kansas City’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management, bringing a message of inspiration and support for their future in the city they share.

For more than an hour, the mayor talked with students, taking questions, offering advice and talking up the advantages they would have carving out lives and careers in the city where they are receiving their college education.

He also exhorted them to become more politically active, decrying their generation’s dismal voting record at the national level.

The mayor was introduced by Narbeli Galindo, who serves a dual role as both an instructor in International Business and Finance at the Bloch School, and as Mayor James’ Coordinator for International Business Development Initiatives.

James told the students they would be graduating into a city with a growing national and international profile for entrepreneurship and technology, thanks to assets such as Google Fiber and the Cisco “Smart Cities” network tied to the city’s new streetcar system.

He also told them that their generation – the Millennials – needs to take charge of its own future.

“Even 90-year-olds vote more than Millennials,” James said. “You have to give a damn about your city and your country.”