Arsalyn Program of Ludwick Family Foundation
www.arsalyn.org
A non-partisan, non-issue based organization that encourages young Americans to become informed and active participants in the electoral process.
Black Youth Vote!
www.ncbcp.org
An initiative of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation that focuses on the 18-35 year old black youth voting age population, educating and training them to identify issues and influence public policy through participation.
CIRCLE
www.civicyouth.org
Conducts, collects, and funds research on the civic and political participation of young Americans. A source for the latest statistics and trends on youth civic engagement topics.
Declare Yourself
www.declareyourself.com
A national nonpartisan campaign to energize young voters; includes a live spoken word and music tour of college campuses, a nationwide voter education initiative for high school students, and public service announcements.
GenerationEngage
www.generationengage.org
GenerationEngage is a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans to political leaders, to other civic organizations, and to meaningful debate about the future they will inherit. It includes an extensive video library of interviews with political leaders.
KidsVotingUSA
www.kidsvotingusa.org
Works with schools and communities to provide youth an authentic voting experience. Participating students visit official polling sites on Election Day and cast a ballot similar in content to the official ballot. Involves 4.3 million students in 20,000 voter precincts.
The League of Young Voters
http://theleague.com/
The League of Young Voters aims to empower young people in the political process, and to build a progressive governing majority.
Millennial Politics
www.millennialpolitics.com
Millennial Politics.com is dedicated to educating and motivating people about youth activism and the politics of the Millennial Generation (Americans 25 and younger). The site provides links to other youth activist groups and resources, hosts active discussion boards for young people, and distributes a weekly newsletter. “Team Millennial” is a group of 200 young people working together to write a book about the activism of the generation and the issues discussed at the site.
Rock the Vote
www.rockthevote.org
Engages youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities. Coordinates voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote events, and voter education efforts.
ServiceVote 2008
www.servicevote.org
ServiceVote 2008 is Youth Service America's campaign to engage young people in the political process. It will include six town hall-style candidate forums, with youth asking the questions, in conjunction with service-learning events to address a specific community need and interactive and social networking features and user-generated content that allow young people to share ideas on how to engage candidates during the election and beyond.
Your Three Cents
http://yourthreecents.com/blog/
Your Three Cents targets America's youth to stand up and speak out on what is going on across the nation and in their lives. This site gives everyone the opportunity to ask and answer questions pertaining to the political world state of affairs. Not affiliated with any party, religion or gender, this site is a way for kids, Generation Y, as well as young adults to say what they really think.
Youth Activism Project
www.youthactivism.com
Formerly Activism 2000, the Youth Activism project encourages young people to pursue their ideas for community change. The website posts dozens of success stories showing youth creating teen centers, reforming school policies, changing laws, and otherwise taking action to better their communities. A toll-free hotline (1-800 KID-POWER) offers free advice. The online national clearinghouse also makes available action handbooks, videos, a free monthly e-newsletter, and extensive links to other resources for teens and their adult allies.
Youth Vote Coalition
www.youthvote.org
Although the Youth Vote Coalition has now closed, the website of the Youth Vote Coalition still provides a vast array or useful resources on youth voting. The Coalition was the largest non-partisan coalition working to increase the political involvement of 50 million Americans, 18-30 years old. The website includes over a hundred diverse national organizations representing young people.
