All posts tagged "Politics & Voting"

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  Youth Workers in the Mix on Election Day

  A few youth workers and advocates may find themselves holding new positions within government following the November 2nd elections. A handful of...

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  Potential Leadership Changes in Congress After Election

  While the exact makeup of next year’s 112th Congress will be anyone’s guess until Tuesday, one thing is for certain: across-the-board changes...

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  Obama Sets Youth Town Hall for Oct. 14

  President Barack Obama will hold a youth town hall meeting next week in Washington, D.C., as he continues his mid-term election cycle’s...

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  Obama Sets Youth Town Hall for Oct. 14

  President Barack Obama will hold a youth town hall meeting next week in Washington, D.C., as he continues his mid-term election cycle’s...

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  Young Voters Push Participation in 2008 to 49 percent

    Young voters – specifically blacks and Hispanics – were the only demographic group to show a significantly higher voting percentage in...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  The Obamas’ Donations to Youth Groups

  Barack and Michelle Obama donated roughly $75,000 last year to 13 organizations that work with youth, according to tax returns released this...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Inaugural Celebrations of Interest to Youth Workers

  Inaugural revelers who do not find their way to the parade route or get into the official balls will not lack for...

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  Widget the Candidates

    This “McCain Report” widget is available at www.widgetbox.com Trying to keep up with what is being said during this election campaign...

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  Loss of Faith

  Strickland: New governor examines Ohio’s faith-based operations. Photo: Office of the Governor of Ohio To get a hint of how the nation’s...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Why So Silent About the War?

  American youth development programs, like the American people, are all over the place when it comes to helping young people learn and...

• Dissecting Civic Engagement

  Washington, D.C. — While studies by researchers and observations by youth organizers have hailed a rise in young people’s civic engagement in...

• Elections: Attack with Care

  Washington, D.C. — The Capitol Hill office of Vote Kids is not your typical youth advocacy headquarters, sporting warm-hearted mission statements and...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  The Future is Here

  America would be radically different if young people ran it. The Edison/Mitofsky National Election Poll of 76,000 voters throughout the nation found...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Underserved – And Undeserved?

  My computer’s spell-check function automatically changes “underserved” to “undeserved.” I learned this the hard way, when I had to send a publication...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Press Watch for March 2004

  Boardroom BrawlForbes The magazine looks at the battles at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation since Carl Schramm became CEO in 2002. The...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for December 2003 – January 2004

  A Leary View Of Youth Voting As another presidential election year opens, what this country needs is … another campaign to get...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  News Briefs for October 2003

  Kids and Adults: The Culture Gap Amazed by what today’s kids don’t seem to know or by what they take for granted?...

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  Report Roundup for October 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Letters to the Editor

  More Money For MentoringGeorge L. Garrow, Executive DirectorNational Organization of Concerned Black MenWashington, D.C. I read with interest your article on national...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  You Didn’t Vote – Now Republicans Are in Power (and)

  Here two young people explain their attitudes toward voting. One expresses his anger at the passivity and silence of his peers. Another...