[YL] Re: resources for youth and civic engagement

[Lauren Penney]

Talk about an incredible response!  Here is a summary of ideas/sites, 
individual responses can be found in the previous message and below.

(national)
+ Arsalyn Foundation:  http://www.arsalyn.org
+ Kids Voting: http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/
+ FirstVote 
+ Constitutional Rights Foundation:  http://www.crf-usa.org/
+ Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing:  http://www.fcyo.org/  (Vera Miao  vera at jfjustice.org)
+ Student Voices project:  http://student-voices.org/
+ Youth and Technology Candidate Info Pgm:  http://www.techpolicybank.org/candidateresponses.html and then look at
the Briefing Materials
+ Youth Vote Coalition: http://www.youthvote.org/
+ New Voters Project: http://www.newvotersproject.org/
+ Rock the Vote: http://www.rockthevote.org/
+ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network: http://www.hiphopsummitactionnetwork.org/
+ WWE's Smackdown Your Vote Campaign
+ CIRCLE (research on youth civic engagement and voting):  see msg 9 
(below) from Carrie Donovan, CIRCLE Youth Director.
+ City Year:  http://www.cityyear.org/
+ Youth Service America: http://www.ysa.org/
+ Project 540: http://www.project540.org/
+ United Leaders: http://www.unitedleaders.org/
+ Youth Noise: http://youthnoise.com/
+ YMCA "Youth in Government" program (check w/ your local YMCA, found 
through ymca.com)
+ Freedom's Answer:  http://www.freedomsanswer.net/
+ Democracy Matters:  http://www.democracymatters.org/

(local to Cali)
+ Youth Vote Coalition:  http://www.youthvote.org/fieldsites/CA/caa.cfm
+ Rock the Vote (LA office)
+ MAY - Mobilizing America's Youth http://www.mobilize.org/  (Berkeley)
+ Party Y (which supports young candidates): http://www.party-y.org/about.html
+ YMCA "Youth in Government" program: http://www.calymca.org/

(local to Boston/MA)
+ Dunk the Vote:  contact Ron Bell, Executive Director (contact info in 
msg 1)
+ Hyde Square task force:  http://www.hydesquare.org/

<p>---msg 8------------------------
From: "David Keyes" <david.keyes at Seattle.Gov>

I don't have the Student Voices project, sponsored by Annenberg, has some 
great projects going on. See http://student-voices.org/

Also the Childrens Partnership Techpolicybank has some great materials on 
their Youth and Technology Candidate Information Program done by 
Children's Partnership along with the California Community Technology 
Policy Group and PolicyLink. See http://www.techpolicybank.org/candidateresponses.html and then look at the Briefing Materials.

David

David Keyes
Community Technology Program Manager
City of Seattle Department of Information Technology
PO Box 94709
700 Fifth Ave. Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98124-4709   USA

(206) 386-9759
david.keyes at seattle.gov
Fax (206) 684-0911
http://seattle.gov/tech/

---msg 9------------------------
From: "Carrie Donovan" <carried at umd.edu>

Hi Michelle,

I can think of a lot of suggestions for you, but of course don't 
necessarily know about their availability.  There's the Youth Vote 
Coalition http://www.youthvote.org/  They also have a field site in California w/ local contacts at http://www.youthvote.org/fieldsites/CA/caa.cfm.  There's also the New Voters Project which has staff on the ground doing 
youth voter outreach in 6 states (CA isn't one of them, but they would 
certainly be able to speak about it) http://www.newvotersproject.org/  All of these groups work in partnership w/ the other big players - Rock 
the Vote, the
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, and are members of the WWE's Smackdown Your 
Vote Campaign. 

Rock the Vote's LA office is an easy/close connection for you.  Also, in 
Berkeley there's an organization called MAY - Mobilizing America's Youth http://www.mobilize.org/.  It's youth-run and works to increase youth engagement - particularly in 
the political process - and has been organizing a Million Youth March.

Also, in California are some of the founders of Party Y http://www.party-y.org/about.html which supports young candidates. 

I can send you contact info if you're interested in any of the above.

Also, CIRCLE provides a lot of information, particularly research on youth 
civic engagement and voting.  I'll be in Cali that week and would be happy 
to bring you or send any of our products if you're interested in something 
specific.

Best,
Carrie Donovan

Carrie Donovan
Youth Director
The Center for Information & Research 
on Civic Learning & Engagement 
(CIRCLE)
301.405.8261
www.civicyouth.org

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