[YL] Re: resources for youth and civic engagement

[Lauren Penney]

more to follow...

---msg 1---------------------------
From: Rachel_Garber at ksg.harvard.edu

I would suggest contacting the organization Dunk the Vote in Boston.  This 
is just the type of work that they do!
Contact:
Ron Bell
Executive Director
Dunk the Vote
14 Crawford Street
Dorchester, Ma.02120
617.233.4238

<p>Rachel Garber
COACH Program Director
Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-1456
Fax: 617-496-9053

---msg 2--------------------------
From: "Mary Lou Boughton" <M_Boughton at gkuw.org>

I participated in a wonderful conference several years ago put on by
Arsalyn Foundation.  Check out their website www.arsalyn.org
Mary Lou

Mary Lou Boughton
Youth United Way/KYDNetwork
Greater Kalamazoo United Way
709 South Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5099

Phone:  269-343-2524 Ext. 244
Fax:       269-344-7250
E-mail: m-boughton at KalamazooUnitedWay.org

YOU CAN CHANGE THE HUMAN CONDITION.

<p>---msg 3-------------------------
From: David Kay <dkay at iba-etc.org>

Hyde Square task force in Jamaica Plain, MA would be a good source. They
can be found doing a Google search on the web.

<p>---msg 4-------------------------
From: Leslie Hergert <lhergert at edc.org>

Try: Kids Voting, FirstVote, Constitutional Rights Foundation.  I think 
all have Web sites.

Leslie F. Hergert, Ed.D.
Senior Project Director
Education Development Center, Inc.
55  Chapel Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
617-618-2131
LHergert at edc.org

---msg 5-------------------------
From: Pamela.Stevens at aoltw.com

Try Vera Miao, Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing, 

vera at jfjustice.org

Pam Stevens
Vice President for Programs
Time Warner Foundation
75 Rockefeller Plaza, 4th floor
New York, NY 10019
212-484-6439

---msg 6------------------------
From: Lars Hasselblad Torres <lars at tagstudio.net>

Hi Michelle :: Here are a few of my favorites (all national, not really 
local):
-Arsalyn Foundation
-City Year
-Youth Service America
-Project 540
-United Leaders
-Youth Noise
-CIRCLE (more on the research side, but Peter Levine there would know lots 
of orgs)

lars


-- 
Lars Hasselblad Torres
Program Coordinator
Montpelier to Mumbai (²M2M²)
202-549-8346

http://tagstudio.net/mumbai

---msg 7------------------------
From: "Jane Finkenbine" <jfinkenbine at wi.rr.com>

Many YMCA's have a "Youth in Government" program (mine is starting one in 
the Fall).  You can contact the national office for a list of sites.

Jane Finkenbine
Teen Program Director
Racine Family YMCA

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