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Avi Hein – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Avi Hein – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Growing up outside of Washington, DC, politics is life. But, as a 15 year old, volunteering isn’t the same as voting. It was the second half of the 1990s and no one had heard of the term “social media”. But we had just discovered the World Wide Web, Geocities had just provided a platform to…

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Alex Jonlin – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Alex Jonlin – 20th Anniversary Reflection

As a ten-year-old kid in Seattle, I was already interested in politics. My friends and I marched around the playground protesting the Iraq War, and I wrote letters to my representatives in the state legislature and Congress on issues I was passionate about. However, I quickly found that many of these elected officials and other…

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Scott Davidson – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Scott Davidson – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Former board member (2003-2007) and president, Scott Davidson reflects on his time with NYRA and the people he got to know during his time being active with the organization.

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Jackie Ferro – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Jackie Ferro – 20th Anniversary Reflection

I first got involved with NYRA in 2009, when I was in 8th grade. I had formed a small coalition with some fellow middle schoolers called the Teen Suffrage Organization (TSO) – we hoped to collect signatures for a referendum to lower the voting age in New York State. Online, we learned about NYRA and…

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NYRA Mourns Passing of John Taylor Gatto

NYRA Mourns Passing of John Taylor Gatto

Renowned critic of compulsory schooling, John Taylor Gatto passed away this week at the age of 82.  A teacher for 30 years, he achieved notoriety after quitting teaching upon receiving the New York State teacher of the year award in 1991.  He used the opportunity to speak out against the unnatural, restrictive and harmful impact…

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Stefan Muller – 20th Anniversary Reflection

Stefan Muller – 20th Anniversary Reflection

I joined NYRA in 2003 after reading about it in a news article about the voting age. This wasn’t my first introduction to youth rights—I’ve believed in youth rights, though I didn’t call it that in my own head, for as long as I can remember—but it was my first indication that other people believed…

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James Baldwin – Writer & Civil Rights Activist

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Democracy Collapse & the Ignorance of Civics

The amount of the American public who can name the three branches of government is, and should be, terrifyingly alarming. Moreso when those within the government itself cannot name them either. Why this should alarm you is when corruption occurs the public is unequipped and unable to identify these actions. Without having that baseline understanding…
February 25, 2025
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James Baldwin – Writer & Civil Rights Activist

“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.”
February 19, 2025
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Allison Jenkins

Death at TRAILS Carolina Wilderness & Media Response

This story is in progress and will receive additional updates with developing research. If you have a true understanding of the issues regarding the Troubled Teen Industry within the past few years this story frankly is nothing new. Should you have a more broad understanding going further into its history then this unfortunate, tragic incident…
February 10, 2024
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  • ABOUT
    • What We Do
    • Why We Do It
      • Land Acknowledgement
    • What Are Youth Rights?
      • Principles of Anti-Ageism
      • Resources
    • Our Team
    • Our Movement
    • Contact Us
  • ISSUES
    • Medical Autonomy
      • Making Decisions About Treatment
      • Who Decides What a Mental Disorder Is?
      • The “Troubled Teen” Industry
    • Student Rights
      • Student Bill of Rights
      • Academic Freedom
      • Corporal Punishment in School
      • Dress Codes and Uniforms
      • Free Speech in Schools
      • The Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem
      • Policing and Punishment in Schools
      • Search and Seizure
      • Student Clubs
      • Student Decision-making
      • Restraint and Seclusion
      • Fighting for Students’ Rights through the Courts
    • Age Discrimination
      • Business Discrimination
      • Censorship
      • Driving Age
      • Labor
    • Voting Age
      • Top Ten Reasons to Lower the Voting Age
      • Voting Age Status Report
      • Voting Age: Facts and Resources
      • The Movement to Lower the Voting Age: A History
      • Age of Candidacy
    • Drinking Age
      • Reasons to Challenge the Drinking Age
      • Drinking Age: Facts and Resources
      • Solutions and Alternatives to the Drinking Age
      • State Guide to Drinking Age Law
      • The National Minimum Drinking Age Act
    • Curfew
      • Top Five Reasons to Abolish Curfews
      • Curfew Laws by State
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