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Losing Forward: Lessons from Organizing for Narrative Change
How can community groups shift narratives? A ballot initiative campaign from 2020 provides some important lessons. That year, community organizing groups and labor unions across California launched a campaign to take on the corporate loophole in Proposition 13 and reclaim billions of dollars for public schools and public services. Jung Hee Choi and Joseph Phelan for NPQ on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Teen Activist Pushes To Lower Voting Age To 16
subscribe to The NPR Politics Podcast podcast NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tyler Okeke, a youth organizer who advocates voting at 16, about how lowering the voting age could improve Generation Z's turnout at the polls. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Tyler Okeke joined LA's school board before he could even vote.
Farm workers in Fresno County need more than PPE to survive the COVID-19 pandemic
In April, in my final semester of high school, I joined my parents working in the grape fields. I had no other choice. My family still had to pay for rent, electricity, and we still needed to eat. I would start in the fields at 6 a.m.
Weeks Before Early Voting in California, Young Activists Target Black and Brown Millennials, Generation Z-ers
(CBM) - Early voting in California will begin Monday, October 5. Registered voters will be able to either mail in or drop off their ballots from that day until the day before Election Day, Monday, Nov. 2. In a deeply divided American electorate, both Democrats and Republicans have been pushing efforts to motivate their respective party bases to get out and vote.
Civic Engagement Groups Help Get Voters Registered Ahead of 2020 Elections
LOS ANGELES - National Voter Registration Day is the fourth Tuesday of every September, but for Power California Executive Director, Luis Sanchez, the year 2020 has been a year like no other. "It's been something that we couldn't even be prepared for," Sanchez said.
"Power California" Hopes to Mobilize Young Protesters to Vote
As the Black Lives Matter movement regains momentum, one organization is working to ensure young people who are protesting in the streets are also registering to vote. KCBS Radio's Kathy Novak reports a poll finds stopping police brutality against Black Americans is the top priority among young Californians.
Hit Hard by Pandemic, Youth of Color are Leading Activism, New Poll Finds | KQED
Organizers at a youth-led Black Lives Matter march in Oakland on June 1. (Racquel Richardson) Like many young people in California, UC Berkeley sophomore Racquel Richardson has had to deal with a lot in 2020.
Young people of color need California to take action on structural racism and inequity
In the midst of a pandemic that is devastating California's communities, particularly Black and brown communities, 23-year-old Tanness Walker of South Los Angeles is working two jobs to pay school fees and help her mom. Due to COVID-19, Tanness' work hours were cut.
'Care for us' say rally participants who fear California budget deficit will cause them harm
Elicé Arellano particpated in the Care for Us rally in front of Fresno City Hall. jesparza@vidaenelvalle.com Elicé Arellano knows she is risking the health of her 6-year-old daughter who recently got her tonsils removed and of her mother who has an autoimmune disease by continuing to work through the coronavirus pandemic.
California Is Taking Steps to Lower The Voting Age - Here's Why
Young people across the country are mobilizing, marching, and speaking out on critical issues as never before, from the Youth Climate Strike and March for Our Lives to immigrant rights and Black Lives Matter. They are looking out at a world they're set to inherit, and making a powerful case for action to create a safer, more equitable future.
Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 17? These California Activists Think So
It's generally accepted that in the United States, a citizen can be elected president at 35, run for Senate at 30 or Congress at 25, drink legally at 21, and cast a vote in a national election at 18. But a group of youth activists and politicians in California want to change that last part.
Proposal Would Lower California Voting Age to 17
SACRAMENTO -- A group of mostly Democratic lawmakers and teenage advocates announced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol. The proposal would lower California's voting age to 17. Advocates say young voters should have a say in who makes decisions that affect them.
Young activists, elected officials push for lowering voting age in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Tuesday, more than 60 young activists from across the state rallied at the State Capitol in an effort to convince legislators to lower the voting age to 17. Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) and co-authors of Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 joined them ahead of a key Assembly Appropriations Committee vote.