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PROVIDENCE, RI—With the Democratic and Republican National Conventions behind us and the presidential election just weeks away, WKCD continues to beat the drum for the youth vote. Some believe it may be the deciding factor in the November election—if youth vote and get out the vote in record numbers.

For the past six months, WKCD has featured regular reports, audio commentaries, and profiles of young activists from journalists at Y-Press, a youth-led news bureau in Indianapolis.

Here, we add:

• Links to videos about the youth vote and the importance of voting
• Links to the top websites targeting youth and politics
• Recent news articles about youth as a factor in the 2008 presidential election.
  Click here for PDF of articles.
• Ten of the 39 profiles youth journalists at Y-Press produced about teenagers who jumped feet first into the political fray.
  Click here for PDF of profiles.

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Video LINKS

2008 Presidential Election: Youth Must Vote (Hooman.TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4kg514DcTA

The Incredible Youth Vote (The Century Foundation)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=#7C2AB4

The 2008 Election and the Youth Vote: How Should Young Voters Approach Making A Decision for President (BigThink.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=#7C29D9

Talk on Da Walk***Black Youth Vote*** (Talk on Da Walk)
www.youtube.com/.webloc

Eye to Eye: Youth Vote (CBS News)
www.youtube.com/ 2.webloc

Also, listen to “Trying to Pin Down the Elusive Youth Vote” (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91769891

 

Website LInks

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/byv
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.

Generation Vote
http://genvote.org/
Gerneration Vote is a national nonpartisan alliance of diverse organizations dedicated to engaging young people from historically disenfranchised communities in the political

HeadCount
www.headcount.org
Created in 2004, HeadCount is a nonprofit devoted to registering potential voters at concerts. Andy Bernstein and Marc Brownstein, co-chairs, saw a need for youth engagement and decided to combine that with their love of music and the concert community. In the last four years, HeadCount has registered over 70,000 voters, with the help of volunteers.

Hip Hop Caucus
www.hiphopcaucus.org
Established in 2004, the Hip Hop Caucus politically educates and engages young people or the “hip hop generation.” The group attracts young people through working with hip-hop artists, specifically T.I, the Hip Hop Caucus celebrity spokesperson.

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.

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.

Vote 18
www.vote18.org
Vote 18 is an organization that brings an interactive game to teach the history of voting to middle school and high school students. During one class period, it teaches students the importance of voting and being politically active in their communities. High school students can join the Vote 18 community and its forums at http://vote18.ning.com/.

 

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