8-Year-Old Activist Introducing Justin Timberlake at Inauguration Special Wants to 'Inspire Both Sides'

Celebrities aren’t the only stars lighting up Wednesday’s unprecedented pandemic-era inauguration of PresidentJoe Bidenand Vice PresidentKamala Harris. Heroes helping their fellow Americans through this COVID-19 crisis are also in the spotlight, including 8-year-old Cavanaugh Bell, who organized and gathered truckloads of supplies forthose in need.

The Maryland boy spent the past several months delivering trailers full ofCOVID-19supplies to thePine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, considered to be one of the poorest places in America.

Cavanaugh Bell (left) and Justin Timberlake.Andreas Rentz/Getty

“We were driving for miles and miles and there was a straight-up nothing,” Bell, who is part Native American, said. “I was like, ‘Well, maybe we should do something for them since they’re in the middle of nowhere.’ "

The young activist — who also founded his own nonprofit organization, Cool & Dope, to combat bullying and spread positivity — said he was “just happy” to get chosen to appear in the inauguration special, and that he hopes “to inspire both sides, Democrats and Republicans.”

Bell also shared that he recently spoke with Vice President Harris, calling her someone who “is always helping our country and community. … Spreading positivity is what we need in this world.”

Though this might be Bell’s first foray into the world of politics, it may not be his last.

“I just want to be mayor because I feel like a mayor can do more things,” he said.

The 90-minuteCelebrating Americaprogram will air on Jan. 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and NBC as well as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and other streaming platforms.

source: people.com