Organizers hope they will get equal support from authorities as Turning Point, the Charlie Kirk-founded outfit.
By Johannes Werner
Original Air Date: October 31, 2025
Host: SEE Alliance announced a big push into high schools. The Sarasota organization run by high school and college students that tries to mobilize young people in school and other politics said it expects to have what they call SEE Squads in every high school in Sarasota County. We have the details.
Zander Moricz, executive director and founder of SEE Alliance. Photo: Johannes Werner
Johannes Werner: Turning Point USA, the legacy organization of assassinated conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, is pushing into high schools, and they are getting help from politicians and elected officials. During a visit to New College this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to “come down with the hammer” on schools that resist the creation of new Turning Points chapters.
Turning Point also gets active help from Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and her husband Christian, the former chair of the Florida Republican Party who resigned after a sex scandal.
The argument fielded by the proponents of Turning Point has been free speech.
In comes SEE Alliance, on the other side of the political spectrum.
Zander Moricz, founder of the group, explains what the SEE Squads are about.
Protest before a Sarasota School Board meeting. Photo courtesy SEE Alliance
Zander Moricz: SEE Squads are student led civic teams on high school campuses. They give students a real way to learn how decisions are made at the school board level and in local government, organize around their school board for issues they care about and take part in local government. Each squad meets weekly with a teacher sponsor and connects to other schools in their district through student boards of education. These are going to be student-run versions of local school boards that offer a parallel decision making body by and for students. Together, these are going to form a statewide network where students can actually research policies, host public forums, present recommendations to their school boards, organize on campuses and make sure that our students are a part of the local governments that impact them more so than anybody else.
We don’t actually approach any schools about starting them. 100% of SEE Squads are started by high school students. That’s something that separates SEE Squads from something like Turning Points USA chapters. Turning Points USA chapters are being pushed by adults and by politicians onto high school campuses, whereas high school students are inviting SEE Alliance onto their campuses and actually filling out forms and requesting to either start or join their own SEE Squads.
JW: Bridget Ziegler this week expressed concern over foot-dragging by schools in accepting Turning Point chapters.
Queer protesters. Photo courtesy SEE Alliance
ZM: I imagine Bridget Ziegler would have the exact same concerns if anyone were to try to stop SEE Squads from forming on high school campuses.
JW: The group’s goals are ambitious.
ZM: We’re really proud that a high schooler has reached out to SEE Alliance from every single high school in Sarasota County. We’ve also had high schoolers reach out from Manatee County, Brevard County and Miami-Dade County and counties throughout the state of Florida. By the end of the year, we will have an active SEE Squad in every high school in Sarasota County and many more throughout the state.
JW: Reporting for WSLR News, Johannes Werner.
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