New Director and Officers Jump In
In addition to all the other exciting things going on within NYRA and the world of youth rights, NYRA has gained a new member of its Board of Directors, and new officers have been appointed by the board. Yonaton Yares, Director of Media Communications for ...
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NYRA Unveils New Youth Rights Facebook Application
NYRA's vice president, Stefan Muller, has been working all summer on a youth rights Facebook app, and it's finally ready to be rolled out to the public. This new app will allow youth rights activists throughout the country to network with each other via Facebook, ...
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NYRA’s Anti Age Discrimination Campaign Making Waves
NYRA has renewed its campaign to end age discrimination in businesses, with several victories already in the past few weeks. The primary focus of the campaign so far has been in Maryland, though efforts are also underway in Michigan and Florida. In the area of ...
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Several Chapters to Protest the Voting Age on Election Day
Not only is an excellent TV ad advocating a lower voting age about to air in our nation's capital, NYRA is preparing a round of voting age protests on election day to further drive home the point that the voting age needs to be lowered ...
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NYRA Plans To Air Television Ad for Voting Age
The airing of NYRA's very first television ad, just in time to celebrate our 10th anniversary, is less than two weeks away! The advertisement, produced by NYRA of Southeast Florida and focusing on our support for lowering the voting age, will air on Washington, DC ...
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Should only the informed vote?
John Stossel did an interesting story on Friday's 20/20 about voting. He asked whether uninformed voters shouldn't be allowed to vote. Watch a portion of the segment here. The piece unfortunately focuses on young voters, but certainly the message holds true for voters of any ...
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Is Temporary Injustice OK?
As part of the lengthy, ongoing debate about the voting age on Facebook in response to NYRA-Southeast Florida's awesome voting age ad, one person (trying to sound much smarter than he is) posted something about women & youth. While this isn't the best articulated version ...
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The Human Animal?
Having just returned from my weekend volunteering at the Renaissance Fair, I’ve realized that something has really been bugging me lately. Specifically, parents who put their children on leashes. They make them look cute: fuzzy teddy bears, big green frogs, or whatever, but with a ...
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