What's Happening Now:
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The Marshmallow Test or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Sex Education!
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The Census Matters To The Hood WI LYVEF's Shahn Hayes on why the census matters in Milwaukee
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Immigrant Youth Speak Out! Check out Maine Leaguer Jenna Vendil's blog about immigrant youth speaking out for equal education!
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Tell Nancy Pelosi to Speak for Equality
The League is joining with organizations around the country to demand full federal equality for all people in this country... And we know that kind of leadership can only come from the top.
Act NOW for Women's Reproductive Rights
The Stupak Amendment to the House Health Care Bill is antiquated and anti-choice. We have can not allow such a blatant attack on women's reproductive rights to make its way into the Senate Health Care legislation.Please take action: tell your Senator we need Pro-Choice Health Reform!
ALL IS NOT LOST…MAINE
by Joshua Fahiym Ratcliffe To say it was sad day for the LGBT community on November 4th was an
understatement. Here’s a community, tax-paying citizens I might add,
whose rights (or lack thereof), as a result of their bi-weekly paycheck
deductions to the Federal government and their respective states
deserve more than just politically-correct lip service – at the very
least.
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We're Counting On A Kick Ass Climate Bill!
Check out this hysterical video from Friends Of The Earth and Agit Pop Communications about the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill and the environment...it's worth a quick view.
"I’m just a bill, a lonely energy bill. I need a friend up here on Capitol Hill..."
Equal Rights: A struggle to be see not as Equal, but as Us
Moni'ca Brown on Equality in America: History has shown again and again, that to be truly equal, we
must be seen as equal. This isn't found in laws and legislature, but in
the eyes of those who live next to you, walk beside you in the subway,
on the streets, and stand next to you in line at the grocery store.
Equality is having those all around you look at you and see You. read more
The Day After the Election
"Truly, it's been an amazing year
for The League and for Maine. We proved that young people don't just
vote during hot Presidential races ... [they] are committed to the
issues that impact our lives and improve our communities.
ME League Field Director
In Maine, Young Voter Turnout Is Key!
Passage of TABOR II, Parnell said, would only "make tough times tougher – and that burden is really going to be falling onto our shoulders." And the effort to overturn same-sex marriage? "It's our generation's civil rights moment," she replied.
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With the election in Maine just one day away, the League's Maine State Director Harris Parnell delivers a fascinating interview with the Portland Press Herald. Check it!
Shut Up, Windmill!
Our sister org., the League of Young Voters Education Fund, just dropped this hot new video highlighting the danger and absurdity of Clean Coal as a 'new' energy solution. We know what America and the world needs: real solutions, and fresh ideas. That's why LYVEF has partnered with 1sky to make it easy for you to call your Senator and demand bold climate and energy legislation! If we stop pushing, Polluters win, and the Earth loses.
Call your Senator Today!
It's Time To Deliver!
Hey, can you do our generation a solid? Can you take a couple of minutes to
make three quick calls?
We all know the stats: Young adults between ages 18 and 29 are the most
uninsured age group in the country. In fact, one out of every three of us (18-29
year olds) doesn’t have health care coverage. Pretty crazy... but you know what’s
crazier? Letting insurance company lobbyists decide what ends up in the final
bill. So call NOW!
Equal Education for Immigrant Youth
Check out Maine Leaguer Jenna Vendil's new blog: "As The League became more involved on the issue of educational equity, it became increasingly clear that young voices, especially immigrant experiences, had been left out of the debate around education in our schools. These are the stories that need to be heard firsthand by our elected school officials and education leaders..."
MEA Lightning Rod Award goes to…..
Campaign Against Violence(CAV) State Director, Jayme Montgomery accepted Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA) Lighting Rod Award on behalf of CAV, Making Milwaukee Green Coalition (MMGC) and Keep Public Our Water(KPOW). MEA, who celebrated its 10 year for environmental justice, provides the kind of lawyers and expertise Wisconsin communities need to effectively protect the air we breathe and the water. Read More
10,000 Calls Strong For Clean Energy!
The American public overwhelmingly wants a strong clean energy bill, and the
newly-released Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act is a positive first step
to kick off the climate debate in the Senate. But Big Oil and Dirty Coal are
working hard to water down and kill the bill – so we need to raise our voices
NOW and tell our Senators to support bold climate and energy legislation. Our
partners at the 1Sky Campaign have made it easy for you to call your Senators – check it above! With
your help we can stand 10,000 calls strong for clean energy!
Don't read this article until you're married!
Despite ten years
of evidence that abstinence-only programs do NOT work, the Senate
Finance committee recently voted (12-11) to include an amendment in the
Health Care Reform bill authorizing $50 million in funding for these programs. ...Seriously. That's why we're asking you to help an awesome
non-profit, Advocates for Youth, in fighting to cut the Hatch Amendment from the
Health Bill and put our legislation back in line with reality. Check our satirical video but more importantly, TAKE ACTION!
Biko Baker talks Healthcare at HuffPo
The League's E.D., Biko Baker, is quoted in a Huffington Post article about the energy the youth movement is bringing to the healthcare debate. "I think that the mainstream media is ignoring the youth story," Biko says in the article, but Obama's administration is looking to change that. There are 13 million uninsured young people in America, and our influence on this health care struggle could be HUGE.
Sign Our Petition to Support Van Jones
Van Jones is one of the few leaders in our country whose rhetoric can be
backed up by action and a solid track record. And the status quo knows that. The
Right Wing hopes we'll let our leaders get pushed over like dominoes. We refuse to watch Van get attacked without a fight. Sign our petition at www.ILoveVanJones.com to show the world that we need Van Jones and rely on his leadership to bring America into a cleaner, healthier, safer future.
Help the Maine League Hire an Organizer
The Maine League is calling out to the nation for help. The fate of Maine's Marriage Equality measure will come down to young voters turning out in the fall, and no one organizes voters like the League. Click here to learn more and consider chipping in to their one week drive to hire a new Campus Organizer!
Vote NO on 1!
"Do you want to reject the
new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious
groups to refuse to perform these marriages?"
Question 1:
Same-sex Marriage People’s VetoLEAGUE STANCE: VOTE NO ON 1!
Biko speaks at Netroots Nation
Our executive director Biko Baker spoke at Netroots Nation 09 on a panel titled <= check Biko at left, from Sarah Burris's Future Majority blog.Getting Ish Done: The Youth Movement Moves Beyond Voting
The Peninsula Transit Study passes!
Check out this awesome new blog by Hilary Frenkel about Portland's transit victory: note: image at left is a simulation. We're thinking big!
"The Peninsula Transit Study passed unanimously by the City Council tonight! I thought we would never get to the vote. I did learn, however, that ‘Naked Shakespeare’ is simply Shakespeare without costumes and is not nearly as provocative as it sounds..."
Heather Box, Green Jobs & the White House
Update 03:38 EST: Live chat with Van Jones just concluded on Facebook. Heather Box was in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday (August 4th), representing our sister org. the League of Young Voters Education Fund as a guest of the White House as
they meet to discuss the Green the Block campaign.Hbox at the White House...
