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Ypulse (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
For this Ypulse Toolbox, I'm focusing on 10 youth activism sites to give you a broad brush of what's happening in this space. I know there are many, many more amazing youth activism oriented communities, Facebook applications/groups and MySpace pages — and I hope folks will leave some of these in the comments. Obviously social [...]
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Save the Internet Blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Just 25 years old, Alex Steed considers himself an old activist – that is, compared to other “millennial activists” who range in age from 15 to their late 20s. But what sets Steed and other millennial activists apart isn’t so much age – it’s how they participate in activism. Steed says that millennial activists are defined [...]
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People (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The Fall Out Boy promotes political youth activism and Spears's VMA chances
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
"At a time with so much enthusiasm for change, there is much potential to be tapped into in terms of youth activism and involvement in politics that has not been seen since the 1960s." -- Eugene Resnick, an openly gay candidate for National Membership Director of the College Democrats .
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Ypulse (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The Ypulse Mashup is buzzing this morning with attendees talking about teen and tween research, YA publishing and youth activism. I am very sad to say we aren't recording this year (though we really, really want to find a partner...
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TeresaCentric (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
There’s a great debate going on right now over online youth activism. Many are calling for millennials to shut down our computers and protest in the streets. Others still say that Netroots activism is more powerful. What do you think?
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Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
From the Utne Reader Blog - Politics: In Defense of Anti-Abortion T-Shirts 6/6/2008 10:36:10 AM by Jake Mohan Tags: politics, education, U.S., free speech, First Amendment, abortion, public schools, youth activism, T-shirt politics A 12-year-old wearing an anti-abortion T-shirt is...
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The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 16/05/2008
Kathleen Barr via WireTap A (brief) history of the youth vote: An interview with author Michael Connery, an astute chronicler of the recent reinvigoration of youth activism.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
Catching up on some news from while we were away, I was moved and impressed by this youth activism. Even by the surreal standards of the Omar Khadr saga - one that has seen allegations of doctored evidence and arguments over whether the detained Canadian is allowed to read a Lord of the Rings screenplay - the scene in Ottawa yesterday was striking: About 50 teenagers dancing and demonstrating on Parliament...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
In the latest installment of mediabistro.com's "Book Keeping" series, Justina Chen Headley explains why she's co-sponsoring youth activism grants to promote her new YA novel, Girl Overboard : "I do community service because it's something I have to do; my mom ingrained in me the conviction that we all can and should change the world. And let me be perfectly clear: these types of philanthropic endeavors...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Seetizan, the blog of a local youth activist, continues to dwell on the need to encourage the active participation of citizens, and especially youth, in addressing various local issues which are usually related to, or actually part of, much wider problems affecting the whole world. In his latest post, Seetizan attempts to “re-brand” the slogan [...]
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Student activists in the 1960s wanted to create a new system. The current activists, who make up a large part of Obama's support, are more interested in reforming the system from within.
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Ypulse (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
One of the biggest take aways for me from MTV's 2006 research on youth activism was the need to make it simple for teens -- local, easy to participate, a click away or a text message away. The folks at...
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Fridae - News Features (Free subscription) | 18/03/2008
Fridae speaks to 26-year-old Nino Susanto, an aspiring environmental engineer and festival director of the Q! Film Festival in Jogjakarta, Indonesia about the event and youth activism.
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
Because online niche media demands there be an MTV site for every concept imaginable, meet think.mtv.com, the online community for youth activism that doubles as a place to premiere Eddie Vedder videos. It's a fitting site for this particular song, actually: The acoustic protest tune comes from the forthcoming soundtrack to Body Of War , a documentary about 26 year old Tomas Young, an Iraq war veteran...
