Eric Kennedy
Eric Kennedy is a youth rights activist and youth liberationist. He often protests on the streets of Seattle and speaks out for Youth Rights at Seattle City Council meetings. He believes in the abolition of the voting age, full legal autonomy/decision making power for school age kids, a strong social safety net capable of serving every kid, reform of compulsory education systems so that schools are governed for students by the entire student body, collective bargaining organizations dedicated to consolidating and exercising power for youth as a political class, and extensive immigration rights for kids to emigrate to other countries. When he was young, he saw many peers being treated poorly, and the conclusion he came to then and still believes in now is that kids need the power to shape their own lives in order to reduce the constant abuses they face.
Eric Joined NYRA in February 2025 and currently works on the Communications Team and Action Team
NYRA Seattle
Eric Is a founding member of the NYRA Seattle node, along with Susan Milton and Eric Kennedy. Together, they often protest for Youth Rights, and have the goal of Creating a community of Youth Rights supporters in Seattle and fighting ageist policies at local fan conventions.
You can read more about NYRA Seattle Here
Eric’s Podcast Episodes:
Youth Rights Podcast Episode 0: Introducing the National Youth Rights Association
Join several National Youth Rights Association members as we discuss our organization’s goals and mission. Learn more about the voting age, social media bans, self directed education and other youth rights issues.
Listen to the Episode on Spotify
Other members Included: Zane Miller, Susan Milton, Imogen Gannon, Underdeveloped Prefrontal Cortex
Podcast Appearances:
Building the Future Through Youth Rights
By: Out of Line
Episode Description: Annie Friday is joined by team members from the National Youth Rights Association who are working hard to raise awareness about the importance of youth rights. Youth seem to be one group still very much systemically and structurally kept from their own human rights with very few adults even recognizing the importance of youth rights. Child abuse – mental, emotional, physical, or financial – and negative attitudes toward children both occur at extreme rates in part because this group is not well protected by current US law. Schools are often seen as a stopgap or screening tool for abuse, but that can’t help when the abuse is happening institutionally. Listen in as Zane, Eric, Imogen, and Susan share more about this critical work of advocacy, awareness, and change.
Other members Included: Susan Milton, Imogen Gannon, Zane Miller
Listen to the Full Episode Here
