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Youth Voter Turnout Is Already Ridiculously High In Colorado. State House Democrats Want It Even Higher

Sam Brasch

April 24, 2019 |

Colorado Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

In 2013, Colorado lawmakers passed a comprehensive voting reform bill which put a mail-in ballot in every voter's mailbox and allowed for same-day voter registration. Many credit the bill for boosting youth voting 13 percent in the past year, putting Colorado second behind Minnesota for highest youth voting turnout.

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What happens when students are given a say in school budgets?

Caroline Preston

April 12, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

This year, New York City's Department of Education introduced participatory budgeting in 48 public schools to bolster civics education and create a more transparent budgeting process. At Veritas Academy in Queens, students conducted research, consulted teachers, and prepared pitches in pursuit of the $2,000 of the annual budget available; in the end it was a close race between a greenhouse, multi-purpose studio, and filtered water fountain.

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Change the narrative: how a Swiss group is beating rightwing populists

Jon Henley

April 07, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Switzerland

A group called Operation Libero in Switzerland has successfully rallied against rising right-wing populist groups by using different approaches like small-scale crowdfunding, eye-catching tongue-in-cheek campaigns, and viral social media videos. During one campaign, young Operation Libero volunteers handed out branded condoms to nightclubbers.

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State youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses - can gains continue?

Emily Hamer

March 31, 2019 |

WMSN-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

A group called NextGen Wisconsin is using bounce houses, armies of field organizers, convenient voter registration tables, door knocking, and digital advertising to turn out historically high numbers of youth voters across the state. Other tactics included events with carnivals, petting zoos, therapy dogs, and giant connect four games. The idea is to turn voting into a fun and exciting event, with rallies around youth issues like gun control.

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More Young Voters

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 29, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Get out the vote groups like Inspire U.S.and Penn Leads the Vote have found that many young people are more engaged than ever before in wanting to vote, but they just need a little nudge in the right direction. From simply answering questions, to apps that make peer to peer vote nudging easier, when universities and other spaces make voting a priority, youth voter turnout grows.

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Fans Can Register To Vote At Ariana Grande's Sweetener Tour & Say "Thank U, Next" At The Polls

Alani Vargas

March 22, 2019 |

Bustle |

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Response Location: United States

In an attempt to encourage voter turnout, Ariana Grande set up tables at concerts on her tour where fans could register to vote, or receive text alerts reminders for those who already had. The "ThankUNextGen" campaign, which plays on one of her song titles, has helped motivate younger voters.

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It Takes a Friend to Get a Friend to Vote

Tina Rosenberg

March 19, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

A suite of new voting apps are bringing new technologies to old organizing methods, like asking (or shaming) friends to vote and finding community leaders to encourage voter turnout. These old methods, now called "relational organizing," are coming back into fashion in an age of impersonal elections, when strangers often reach out to strangers to ask them to vote and campaigns spend millions on Facebook and television ads.

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Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes

Leanna First-Arai

March 13, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

An estimated fifty percent of student leaders in climate strikes and protests around the country are students of color, making these movements all the more relatable, accessible, and inclusive. Because communities of color, especially Black and Carribean communities, will likely be most affected by climate change, this new generation is taking action and linking other social issues like LGBTQ rights and gun control.

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How Teenage Sisters Pushed Bali To Say 'Bye-Bye' To Plastic Bags

Michael Sullivan

January 26, 2019 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Indonesia

The island nation of Indonesia is the world's second biggest polluter of marine plastics, which can be disastrous for its tourism industry, setting aside the obvious environmental hazards. But two sisters in Bali took on the problem head on in 2013 with Bye Bye Plastic Bags. After an online petition, the sisters launched massive beach cleanups, awareness campaigns, and community workshops. After enough momentum, the governor of Bali banned single-use plastic.

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Action Civics in Schools

Michael Deal

January 09, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

A Massachusetts law requires the public school system to teach an experiential civics curriculum so that young people graduate with the basic skills and confidence to become informed and active citizens. The curriculum led to a student-organized "Civics Day" event at the Statehouse, where they were able to speak with political representatives and other officials. A handful of other states have similar laws, which advocates believe will lead to greater voter turnout when the youth become 18.

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