NYRA is beginning a local advertising campaign in Abilene, Texas to initiate reforms towards a lower drinking age and to raise awareness of youth rights. This campaign will direct Texas residents to the NYRA site where they can find answers to their frequently asked questions, get legal research on drinking age laws for all 50…
Last Christmas, I got my mother a digital camera. She was so excited! A few days earlier, I’d gone to Best Buy, picked one out, paid for it, went home, wrapped it, and placed it under the tree Christmas morning. So when one looks at who paid, you might say the camera belongs to me,…
The subscribers of r/troubledteens (727 redditors) and r/youthrights (293 redditors) could scarcely be more horrified at a post (we may have a runaway teen in our midst) making it to the front page. Without any research as to why, an older redditor is looking to hunt down a redditor who has run away from home….
It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that after 12 years of dedicated service to the National Youth Rights Association, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, our executive director, is stepping down. During his time here Alex has grown the organization from a small mailing list and website into a national presence with chapters and members…
Perhaps due to our animosity towards older adults who have oppressed us and perhaps due to our desire to forge our movement’s identity in a context in which senior citizens already have a powerful movement to protect their rights, youth rights activists have often refrained from discussing the parallels between ageist oppression against youth and…
NYRA Freedom Volume 11, Issue 7 August 19, 2011 Contents – NYRA Annual Meeting a Huge Success – Check the BRAND New YouthRights.org – NYRA Elects 2011-2012 Board of Directors – First Annual NYRA Bowling Tournament – Remove Age Discrimination from the Illinois Admissions Process – New Northeast Georgia Chapter Off to a Great Start…
WASHINGTON – The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) announced the recipients of its second annual awards, which were formally presented on July 30 at the 2011 NYRA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Youth rights is the concept that young people are entitled to the rights and civil liberties enjoyed by all American citizens. Three separate…
When we discuss youth rights we tend to do it from the default perspective of someone in an urban or suburban community. For those who spent their youth in such communities, this bias is understandable if nonetheless problematic. However, even for those of us raised in rural communities, it can be easy to forget (especially…
#16tovote on the 16th is now a year and a half old! We’ve completed the 19th run, just like the others tweeting and retweeting about lowering the voting age using the hashtag #16tovote. The main themes to this one have been “check out our awesome new website” and “Vote17Lowell rocks!” Our friends at UTEC Lowell…
NYRA Berkeley (2004 – 2007)NYRA Vermont (2004 – 2007)NYRA Bergen County (2007 – 2011)NYRA Southeast Florida (2008 – 2011)NYRA Zionsville Student Rights Union (2008 – 2010) NYRA Berkeley (2004 – 2007) NYRA’s Berkeley Chapter carried out our most successful push to lower the voting age in California. Letter Writing Campaign. The chapter began in 2005…
