The rally was a great success!! We had plenty of people come out for it, got plenty of press, and took lots of great pictures!! Thanks to everyone who came! If you didn’t come, no worries, you can help us spread the word! The chance for the rally to have an impact isn’t yet over….
NYRA Board Member, Usiel Phoenix, spoke today in front of the US Supreme Court during oral argument in the Schwarzenegger v. EMA case. Text of the speech is below: Today, the Supreme Court will decide whether states have the right to prevent the sale of video games to minors. Now, I’ll be honest. I’m not…
NYRA headed to Capitol Hill on October 13th and awarded Representative George Miller (D-CA) the Youth Rights Progress Award for his passage of H.R. 911 and his continued effort defending youth rights. H.R. 911 or the “Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009” essentially requires residential programs/centers to disclose information related…
We are holding a rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on November 2nd in support of free speech, opposition to video game censorship and support for lowering the voting age. On this day, the Supreme Court will be hearing the arguments in the case of Schwarzenegger v. EMA. Up for trial…
A month and a half ago, NYRA-DC became aware of a Mosquito being installed at the Gallery Place Metro Stop. The Mosquito’s manufacturer advertises it as a device that “disburses unwanted youth.” The device has been common in Europe and is now being installed across the U.S. NYRA-DC members immediately sprang into action and several…
And now we’ve completed #16tovote on the 16th – Saturday Edition! A slight increase in participation this time, and the faithful usual participants showed up once again, along with some new or less-usual participants, to help spread the word about lowering the voting age through all our Twitter feeds! With, of course, the #16tovote hashtag….
On November 2nd, the US Supreme Court will be hearing the oral arguments in the Schwarzenegger v. EMA case. On trial is the ability of the state to subject video games to censorship and legal age restrictions. In order to promote the free speech rights of youth NYRA will be holding a rally on the…
I became a pretty unpopular guy last week with a lot of Washingtonians when we defeated the Mosquito. Some folks are hoping that I get mugged by a hooligan. Others want to sue me. Someone posted my home and work address on the Internet. One particularly eloquent fellow called me a Jewboy and wished death…
As we told everyone last month, NYRA has been working with the ACLU and the National Coalition Against Censorship on an amicus brief in support of the First Amendment right of youth to play video games. The US Supreme Court could take away that right this year, and we are intent on stopping them. Click…
Another #16tovote on the 16th is complete! Lots of great #16tovote tweets about lowering the voting age, but once again, participation is way down, at 23 participants, only 2 more than in the first run in February. Hmm. Well, in any case, the event still went well! Here are the day’s tweets. Next one, of…
