All NYRA members are urged to participate in NYRA’s voting age protests, which will take place next Saturday, October 30th. NYRA has events planned in New York City and Sacramento, California. The New York event will begin at 1 PM in Union Square. NYRA members from three states will convene to hand out literature and…
After a month of voting, the 2004 NYRA Election has come to a close. At the General Meeting on Saturday, August 14 in New York City, NYRA members received a copy of the Annual Report, and heard the report delivered by President Alex Koroknay-Palicz. Great discussion was sparked by the individuals in attendence regarding the…
On March 2nd, “Super Tuesday” members of NYRA’s Berkeley, California chapter protested the voting age. Led by area member Robert Reynolds, they got up early together against ageism. The group, consisting of six students and other supporters of all ages, held up signs with slogans such as “Got a ballot? We need them”. At one…
Robert Reynolds of NYRA’s Berkeley, California chapter is organizing a sit-in to protest the voting age. Robert and half a dozen chapter members, will try to vote in their state’s primary election on Tuesday, March 2. In all likelihood they will not be permitted to vote, and will “sit in” until forcefully removed by police….
The NYRA General Meeting is scheduled for 2:30 PM on August 9. This face-to-face annual meeting will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of American University. The meeting will be held in room 245 of the Mary Graydon Center. Food and housing will be provided for all NYRA members interested in making the…
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…
NYRA Board of Advisors member Mike A. Males spoke on behalf of NYRA at the national conference for Students for a Sensible Drug Policy and Marijuana Policy Project. The conference was November 8-10 in Anaheim, California. Males was in a panel discussion on the war on drugs and youth, the opposition didn’t show up, just…
Washington, DC NYRA members joined a youth march against violence on Tuesday. Members brought signs bearing slogans such as, “Zero-Tolerance is violence against youth”, “Curfews Attack Youth”, and “What about Adult Crime?”. Literature was passed out to other marchers and our ideas were well received by the other marchers.
The General Meeting is scheduled for this Saturday in Washington, DC and will conclude this year’s Board of Directors election. Details on the meeting can be found at the new Election Section, just Click Here to visit the page and also to cast your ballot before Saturday! All members can attend the meeting and vote.
To increase discussion and participation in Youth Rights action regional mailing lists have been created for NYRA members. Using Yahoo Groups these lists will provide a method for building community within the organization and allowing members to discuss ways to further Youth Rights.
