NYRA staff receive e-mails all the time from people discovering the movement for the first time. Everyone seems to have very similar reactions, “Wow! I’ve supported youth rights for years, but thought I was the only one!” or “Something always seemed a bit off about how youth were treated, but I never thought of it…
A month and a half ago, NYRA-DC became aware of a Mosquito being installed at the Gallery Place Metro Stop. The Mosquito’s manufacturer advertises it as a device that “disburses unwanted youth.” The device has been common in Europe and is now being installed across the U.S. NYRA-DC members immediately sprang into action and several…
And now we’ve completed #16tovote on the 16th – Saturday Edition! A slight increase in participation this time, and the faithful usual participants showed up once again, along with some new or less-usual participants, to help spread the word about lowering the voting age through all our Twitter feeds! With, of course, the #16tovote hashtag….
On November 2nd, the US Supreme Court will be hearing the oral arguments in the Schwarzenegger v. EMA case. On trial is the ability of the state to subject video games to censorship and legal age restrictions. In order to promote the free speech rights of youth NYRA will be holding a rally on the…
I became a pretty unpopular guy last week with a lot of Washingtonians when we defeated the Mosquito. Some folks are hoping that I get mugged by a hooligan. Others want to sue me. Someone posted my home and work address on the Internet. One particularly eloquent fellow called me a Jewboy and wished death…
As we told everyone last month, NYRA has been working with the ACLU and the National Coalition Against Censorship on an amicus brief in support of the First Amendment right of youth to play video games. The US Supreme Court could take away that right this year, and we are intent on stopping them. Click…
== NYRA Freedom == ISSN 1933-5229 Volume 10, Issue 9 September 15, 2010 Editors: Julian Gutierrez, Jackie Ferro, Emily Sanders Publisher: David Moss == Contents == – The Mosquito’s Sting – Election Day Events Across the Country – What’s Your Ah-Ha Moment? – Thanks West Palm Beach Police Department! – National Youth Listening Tour –…
Another #16tovote on the 16th is complete! Lots of great #16tovote tweets about lowering the voting age, but once again, participation is way down, at 23 participants, only 2 more than in the first run in February. Hmm. Well, in any case, the event still went well! Here are the day’s tweets. Next one, of…
Hello, everyone! Tonight, it is time for another #16tovote on the 16th! This is our monthly event to speak up and spread the word about lowering the voting age! Tired of laws being made about youth without their input? Tired of teens’ tax dollars being happily accepted but not their votes? Tired of important school…
The respondent’s brief (the main argument/brief on our side of the case) has been finished and released for the Schwarzenegger v. EMA case. The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this case on November 2, 2010. Their decision will be handed down a few months later, no later than June 2011. NYRA, as…
