Youth, Power and Policy: Power of Activism
Books - Internet Resources
From Voice to Influence by Call Number: P95.82.U6 F76 2015ISBN: 9780226262123Publication Date: 2015-06-19
Fighting for Democracy by Call Number: E 185.61 .P25 2009ISBN: 9780691140032Publication Date: 2009-09-06
Millennial Makeover by Call Number: JK 1764 .W635 2008ISBN: 9780813543017Publication Date: 2008-02-04
#HashtagActivism by
This "well-researched, nuanced" study of the rise of social media activism explores how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent (Ms.) The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags, including #JusticeForTrayvon, #BlackLivesMatter, #YesAllWomen, and #MeToo to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In this book, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including Black Americans, women, and transgender people. They show how marginalized groups, long excluded from elite media spaces, have used Twitter hashtags to advance counternarratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. The authors describe how such hashtags as #MeToo, #SurvivorPrivilege, and #WhyIStayed have challenged the conventional understanding of gendered violence; examine the voices and narratives of Black feminism enabled by #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, and #SayHerName; and explore the creation and use of #GirlsLikeUs, a network of transgender women. They investigate the digital signatures of the "new civil rights movement"-the online activism, storytelling, and strategy-building that set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter-and recount the spread of racial justice hashtags after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other high-profile incidents of killings by police. Finally, they consider hashtag created by allies, including #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780262043373Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- The Rise of Youth Activism on Social MediaIlluminating issues like climate change is important. All grassroots movements are aimed at bringing national attention to the most pressing issues of our time. The effect of social media is a tool for encouraging public policy. From TEDx Talk
- Why Activism Is Natural for Young PeopleFrom the Greater Good Science Center University of California Berkeley
- Young activists use the power of photography to tackle sexual harassment on the streetsArticle from Reuters Events July 2919
Get Organized
- National Democratic InstituteNDI is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization that works in partnership around the world to strengthen and safeguard democratic institutions, processes, norms and values to secure a better quality of life for all. NDI envisions a world where democracy and freedom prevail, with dignity for all.
- Youth Activism ProjectWe train teens to become activist leaders in their communities. (from the website)
- Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, is a non-partisan, independent research organization focused on youth civic engagement in the United States. CIRCLE was founded in 2001 at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Since 2008, we have been based at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
- Alliance for Youth ActionThe Alliance for Youth Action envisions a new era of locally led democracy with inclusive processes and equitable outcomes, were lots of young people engage in democracy as voters, organizers and leaders, making the world just more sustainable and more awesome
- Angela Davis In Conversation With Yara Shahidi: 'We're Doing Today What Should Have Started 150 Years Ago'From Time Magazine August 2020
- Make the Road New JerseyFounded in November 2014 in Elizabeth, Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant, working-class & Latinx communities to achieve dignity and respect through community organizing, legal, policy innovation and transformative education. Make the Road New Jersey’s hubs in Elizabeth, Perth Amboy, Newark and Passaic are hubs for community organizing. Every week, hundreds of immigrant families - young people and adults - come together to fight for dignity and respect in our communities.
- SMYALOrganization that advocates for LGBTQ youth so they can seize each day and prepare for the future.
- Youth Activist ToolkitThe goal of the Youth Activist Toolkit is to walk you through some basic steps an organizer can take to develop a strategy, build collective power, and use that power to create meaningful, lasting change. From Advocates for Youth
Youth and DACA
- Immigrant youth block Disneyland entrance during Dream Act protextA group of 20 undocumented youth and their supporters protested for a “clean” Dream Act in front of Disneyland, briefly blocking the theme park’s shuttle entrance . . . January 22, 2018 Orange Count Weekly.
- Hundreds rally to defend DACAA crowd of about 250 students, faculty, and staff gathered on the steps of Harvard’s Memorial Church on Veterans Day for a Defend DACA rally that was part of a nationwide student walkout. From the Harvard Gazette November 12, 2019
- United We DreamWhen you're undocumented, you face a lot of discrimination, and that creates a lot of fear. At United We Dream, we transform that fear into finding your voice. We empower people to develop their leadership, their organizing skills, and to develop our own campaigns to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and all people. This is achieved through immigrant youth-led campaigns at the local, state, and federal level.
- The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant JusticeA statewide membership-based coalition of organizations that creates and achieves policies in New Jersey that welcome and support immigrants to become rooted economically, politically and socially within the state.
Youth Activism
- The Greta Generation - Youth Activism Around the WorkdYouTube video from BBC Monitoring