There is an interesting back and forth going on right now between two great advocates for student rights, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and StudentActivism.net. Both seem to agree that offensive speech on campus needs to be protected. At issue is whether it must also be condemned. Roger Shibley of FIRE says no,…
“NYRA Freedom” is the longest running online newsletter for Youth Rights. Founded in 2001 and named by a vote of the membership, “NYRA Freedom” has consistently provided NYRA members with updates and news about the world of youth rights. The newsletter comes out monthly and reports on NYRA victories, special events and important youth rights…
It’s the fourteenth run of #16tovote on the 16th! After such high participation in January and February, and last year’s March one also being popular, I was hoping this one would be as good or better. Well, participation was down compared to those runs, although some could be attributed to Twitter having had issues yesterday….
NYRA is headed to one of the largest music festivals in the country, SXSW, next week in order to promote our efforts to end corporal punishment in the United States. For the week, we’ll be partnering with The Hitting Stops Here!, People Opposed to Paddling Students and Marc Ecko’s new organization – Unlimited Justice. NYRA Director…
A couple months ago, I was explaining the Mosquito device to someone, about how we had the Gallery Place one taken down and why. But he didn’t seem sold on the idea of, you know, allowing teens to assemble freely in public, citing the recent case where a group of teens created a rowdy flash…
A Vibrant Community Do you ever feel like no one else cares about youth rights? Well you don’t need to be alone any longer! NYRA is many things. We have a bold new vision for the rights of young people in society. We are professional advocates who work tirelessly to bring that vision to reality….
A bill to lower the voting age has recently been introduced in Washington State by Sen. Scott White, thanks to our newest chapter NYRA-Seattle. Senate Bill 5621 has created the possibility of a lower voting age in Washington, allowing 14 year olds to vote for school board members. Although the odds of the bill actually…
Two years ago NYRA joined its first amicus brief, in the case of Safford v. Redding, in which a middle school student was strip searched because school officials suspected she had Ibuprofen. We were proud to help Savana Redding win her case at the US Supreme Court. Last summer NYRA joined an amicus brief in…
On January 27th, NYRA had its first chapters meeting of the year. 10 chapters were present, including NYRA-Bergen County, NYRA-New York University, NYRA-Southeast Florida, NYRA-Los Angeles, NYRA-Stockton, NYRA-Potsdam, NYRA-Nanuet, NYRA-Austin, NYRA-DC, and NYRA-Berkeley. NYRA-Bergen County has managed to get the student government reinstated at Midland Park High School after their long fight with the Board…
ISSN 1933-5229 Volume 11, Issue 2 February 17, 2011 Editors: Jackie Ferro, Katrina Moncure, Sidnei Banks, Alex Koroknay-Palicz Publisher: David Moss Contents – Introduction – NYRA President is Becoming a Regular on the National Stage – Real Progress on Lowering the Voting Age in Washington State led by NYRA-Seattle – Chapter Meeting a Huge Success…
