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  • This is not a poetry circle.  This is a movement.

    This is not a poetry circle. This is a movement.

    The following speech was given by Alex Koroknay-Palicz on July 28, 2007 to open the 2007 NYRA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Who here has heard of John Holt? Or Mike Males? Or Robert Epstein? Or Grace Llewllyn? Or Richard Farson? These are the luminaries of our field. The great thinkers and prophets who have…

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  • NYRA Freedom, Volume 11, Issue 5

    NYRA Freedom, Volume 11, Issue 5

    NYRA Freedom Volume 11, Issue 5 June 16, 2011 Contents – NYRA Forms Coalition Requesting Apology from Rockefeller and Gingrich – Election Two Weeks Away, Annual Meeting Next Month – Effort Renewed to Put Youth on NYC Community Boards – Koroknay-Palicz Defends Youth Privacy at Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference – Bill to Curtail Corporal…

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  • #16tovote on the 16th – June 2011

    #16tovote on the 16th – June 2011

    We’ve completed the 17th run of #16tovote on the 16th! It’s our monthly virtual voting rights rally on Twitter, where we tweet a lot about why the voting age should be lower, with the #16tovote hashtag. One goal I had for this one was to sit back and allow others to speak up some more….

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  • NYRA Support for Youth on Community Boards in NYC

    NYRA Support for Youth on Community Boards in NYC

    This letter was sent on June 2 to the office of Brian Kavanagh expressing our support for this important bill that would include 16 and 17-year-olds on community boards in New York City. MEMORANDUM OF SUPPORT OF A5959/S3995 Sponsor: Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh/State Senator Andrew Lanza Provisions: Provides that members of Community Boards in NYC need…

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  • 2010 Annual Meeting

    2010 Annual Meeting

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  • 2009 Annual Meeting

    2009 Annual Meeting

    NYRA’s 2009 Annual Meeting took place on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, in Washington, D.C. Jeffrey Nadel, president of NYRA-Southeast Florida presented a powerpoint entitled Curfews from Research to Repeal and Steve Ross, ZRSU founder, gave a presentation on Schoolhouse Diplomacy. Both of these powerpoints can be found in the downloads section of…

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  • 2007 Annual Meeting

    2007 Annual Meeting

    NYRA’s 2007 Annual Meeting took place on Saturday, July 28, and Sunday, July 29, in Washington, D.C. According to Executive Director Alex Koroknay-Palicz, the new office was a great boon. “We always had the option of going up to the office, which was very nice, and a big improvement over previous years when we always…

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  • 2006 Annual Meeting

    2006 Annual Meeting

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  • Nanuet’s Wear Blue for NYRD

    Nanuet’s Wear Blue for NYRD

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  • Vermont Drinking Age Campaign

    Vermont Drinking Age Campaign

    One of NYRA’s most intensive campaigns took place in March & April of 2005. Rep. Richard Marron introduced a bill in the Vermont legislature to lower the state’s drinking age to eighteen. The bill had widespread support and Vermont was an ideal state to push the issue. NYRA-Vermont mobilized in support of it and invited…

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Powerschool vs Student Privacy

If you’ve been young lately, you might have taken some sort of “Digital Safety” class. It was probably mediocre. Perhaps you used Powerschool’s Schoology learning platform that lesson, your teacher very likely used Powerschool SIS to mark you present, and perhaps standardized tests that month were on Powerschool’s Performance Matters service. On January 7th, “Customers”…
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Introducing the Seattle NYRA node

The new Seattle NYRA node has taken to the streets to spread our message of youth liberation. We have been out peacefully protesting every Tuesday near public locations around the city, such as the Seattle Central Public Library, the Capitol Hill light rail station, and Franklin High School. We also have plans to participate in…
June 6, 2025
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Democracy Collapse & the Ignorance of Civics

The amount of the American public who can name the three branches of government is, and should be, terrifyingly alarming. Moreso when those within the government itself cannot name them either. Why this should alarm you is when corruption occurs the public is unequipped and unable to identify these actions. Without having that baseline understanding…
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  • ABOUT
    • What We Do
    • Why We Do It
      • Land Acknowledgement
    • What Are Youth Rights?
      • Principles of Anti-Ageism
      • Resources
    • Our Team
    • Our Movement
    • Contact Us
  • ISSUES
    • Medical Autonomy
      • Making Decisions About Treatment
      • Who Decides What a Mental Disorder Is?
      • The “Troubled Teen” Industry
    • Student Rights
      • Student Bill of Rights
      • Academic Freedom
      • Corporal Punishment in School
      • Dress Codes and Uniforms
      • Free Speech in Schools
      • The Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem
      • Policing and Punishment in Schools
      • Search and Seizure
      • Student Clubs
      • Student Decision-making
      • Restraint and Seclusion
      • Fighting for Students’ Rights through the Courts
    • Age Discrimination
      • Business Discrimination
      • Censorship
      • Driving Age
      • Labor
    • Voting Age
      • Top Ten Reasons to Lower the Voting Age
      • Voting Age Status Report
      • Voting Age: Facts and Resources
      • The Movement to Lower the Voting Age: A History
      • Age of Candidacy
    • Drinking Age
      • Reasons to Challenge the Drinking Age
      • Drinking Age: Facts and Resources
      • Solutions and Alternatives to the Drinking Age
      • State Guide to Drinking Age Law
      • The National Minimum Drinking Age Act
    • Curfew
      • Top Five Reasons to Abolish Curfews
      • Curfew Laws by State
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      • How to do Outreach in your School and Community
      • How to Promote Youth Rights Online
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