The 2003 Election for the National Youth Rights Association is rapidly approaching. Every year at this time a new Board of Directors is chosen by the membership. The Board is the governing body that provides leadership for NYRA. There are many new faces, and many old veterans in the running this year, but all interested…
Joining NYRA’s ongoing campaign against age discrimination, NYRA-DC, NYRA-American University, and NYRA-High Point are joining together to protest the ageist policy outside of a Washington, DC 7-11. Despite the fact that adults are responsible for twice as much shoplifting as youth, this policy prohibits more than 2 students inside at any one time. Many NYRA-DC…
With an energetic rally on Saturday May 17, the Lower the Vote Coalition began its campaign to lower the voting age to 16 in the Maryland city of Takoma Park. Local TV was present to video tape the entire rally. A NYRA copy of the rally was made as well and will be made available…
The harshest institutions of youth oppression got a violent taste of youth power this week as the school’s “students rose up in revolt and overthrew their masters.” The Costa Rican school, Dundee Ranch, subjects American teens to a gauntlet of abuse and oppression to break their will and “reform” them. Students have no privacy, can’t…
NYRA-Mizzou member, John Wells, joined more than a dozen individuals in speaking out in opposition to a proposed curfew law in Columbia, Missouri. Under the proposed law, curfews would affect people under 17 and last between 11 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, they would be between midnight and 5:30…
The DC chapter of NYRA is busy at work preparing for their May 17 rally on the steps of Takoma Park, Maryland’s city hall that will launch their campaign to lower the voting age to 16 in this city. The chapter is reaching out to high schools and non-profits all through the area to gain…
In a unanimous 3-0 decision the US District Court of Washington, DC struck down the provision to last year’s campaign finance reform law that prohibited all political contributions by individuals under 18. In the Memorandum Opinion of Judge Henderson he wrote that “no case of which I am aware holds that a minor’s speech is…
NYRA was the only organization testifying on behalf of the voting age bill, though several other organizations signed on their support. Justin, a senior at the University of Texas, spoke in favor of House Bill 482 and House Joint Resolution 29, the bills introduced by Rep. Ron Wilson (D-Houston) back in January. NYRA sent out…
The 2003 NYRA Election is scheduled to begin on July 9th and end on August 9th at the General Meeting in Washington, DC. The ballot will be sent to all eligible voters on July 2nd. Voting members are encouraged to send an e-mail to NYRA to run for the Board of Directors. Standard, Service, or…
Despite a vigorous letter writing campaign in favor of LD 640, the Maine bill that would lower the voting age statewide to 17, the bill has been put on hold. Lacking the 2/3rds vote necessary in the House to pass the bill, the sponsor, Rep. Glenn Cummings (D-Portland) decided to put the bill on hold…
