Recently, councilmembers in San Juan Capistrano, California considered proposals to enhance their existing curfew laws. Amongst the new ideas considered were a daytime curfew during school hours and increased fines for the parents of young people who dare to go outside. Realizing that council members weren’t completely sold on the idea and that they clearly…
For a decade, the NYRA Freedom has been hitting email inboxes around the country. We’ve covered every youth rights issue imaginable and now we’d like your help to cover even more and to reach more folks. Are you a a NYRA member with a gift for writing and a passion for our advocacy work? Then…
NYRA is looking for some spring interns! Are you in the DC area and want to have an internship that matters? Want to work in support of issues you care about? Work for NYRA! We are looking for interns to help us advance the cause of youth in our Washington, DC office. Internships are unpaid,…
Mark your calendars now; NYRA’s 2011 annual meeting will take place in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., on August 6th and 7th of 2011. The annual meeting, held every year since 1998, is host to a congregation of dedicated NYRA members and activists from around the country for a weekend of presentations and discussions about…
Last year, NYRA was honored to take part in the first ever celebration of National Youth Rights Day. As we begin the New Year, April 14th grows closer bringing with it the second annual National Youth Rights Day! To help spread awareness about youth rights, help us by joining the celebration. Last year several chapters…
We’ve completed the first #16tovote on the 16th of 2011! It was the second time the event landed on a Sunday, the third time on a weekend. Like always, youth rights supporters descended upon Twitter and tweeted a lot about why the voting age must be lowered, using the #16tovote hashtag. This twelfth run of…
== NYRA Freedom == ISSN 1933-5229 Volume 11, Issue 1 January 13, 2011 Editors: Julian Gutierrez, Jackie Ferro, Emily Sanders, Lauran Potter Publisher: David Moss == Contents == – Introduction – National Youth Rights Day – NYRA’s 2011 Annual Meeting – The Program Documentary – NYRA-LA Weighs In On Daytime Curfew – Get Connected –…
One of our bigger campaigns here at NYRA is lowering the drinking age, the issue about which we’ve probably gotten the most press, as well as the most vocal opposition, whether angry opinion articles or pro-21 forum trolls or that time Alex Koroknay-Palicz was tabling and someone came up and screamed at him after merely…
Happy New Year! Sorry for the infrequent posting lately! In 2010, we saw a lot of youth rights happenings. We took on the oppressive Kyleigh’s Law in New Jersey. We held an awesome RALLY in support of free speech at the Supreme Court, after generating a spectacular amicus brief! We successfully got the oppressive Mosquito…
NYRA President Jeffrey Nadel has been campaigning against his town’s illegally enforced unconstitutional youth curfew for a few years now. He’s met with city officials, organized rallies and protests, attended hearings, and filed suit in state and federal court. Before he did all that, he had to make sure he had the facts. Jeff used…
