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HISD News Blog | HISD Students Take the Future in Their Hands at Civic Ambassador Training

August 13, 2024

At the end of July, high school students throughout the District came together for the first annual HISD Civic Ambassador Training. The brainchild of HISD’s Community Partnerships Department, the training offered students an opportunity to become their schools’ “Civic Ambassadors.” READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Wall Street Journal | Gen Z Voters Support Climate Action and Nuclear Energy, Poll Finds

August 12, 2024

Two-thirds of respondents to a poll of first-time young American voters agreed the U.S. must plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and about four in five supported “new generation” nuclear energy to supplement renewable power sources. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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NBC News | ‘We Are Doing Democracy Here’: Young Voters Focus on Being Polite Rather than Polarized

August 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — In the heat of the 2024 campaign season, more than 400 first-time voters from across the country gathered here in July to discuss political issues and the upcoming election — but with a focus on being polite rather than being polarized. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Ms. | Five Takeaways From Watching First-Time Voters Deliberate Healthcare

August 08, 2024

From July 19 to 22, I attended America in One Room: The Youth Vote, a Washington, D.C., gathering of 500 first-time voters discussing policy issues. The voters constituted a representative sample of young Americans from diverse backgrounds, all ages 17 and 18. Throughout the weekend, participants read through relevant policy proposals, deliberated in small groups, […]

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Wall Street Journal | What Do First-Time Voters Think About This Election? We Asked Nine of Them

August 04, 2024

This year, roughly 41 million members of Generation Z—Americans ages 18 to 27—will be eligible to vote, according to Tufts University. Of those, about 16 million will be eligible to vote for the first time in November’s presidential election. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Biden drops out. Finally, someone listened to us. | Opinion

July 23, 2024

Sriya Tallapragada was at the “America in One Room” conference-a gathering of 500 first-time voters from across America in DC to discuss policy issues-when someone shouted, “Biden just dropped out!” READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Young Voters Will Be Surveyed About 2024 in Innovative Polling Model

July 21, 2024

This weekend’s America in One Room: The Youth Vote kicks off with a feature in Axios. About 500 young voters are flying into D.C. this weekend to take part in a unique election poll — spanning three days, with group discussions and information sessions. “How it works: Unlike normal polls that produce rapid responses, Stanford […]

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NBC’s interview with America in One Room attendee Tyler Kunkowski

July 21, 2024

America in One Room students processed today’s election news in real time, capturing first-time voters’ reactions to President Biden’s withdrawal from his campaign, including NBC’s interview with @americain1room attendee Tyler Kunkowski. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Arizona Cardinals, students arrive in Washington, D.C., ready to learn

June 14, 2024

Close Up President Mia Charity gives @arizonasfamily a glimpse into this civics-centered program for 200+ Arizona students in the nation’s capital, in partnership with the office of Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Cardinals. VIEW VIDEO>

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2024 ESOL Close Up – Lee County Youth Policy Summit Expo

April 10, 2024

One hundred sixty ESOL high school students from Lee County Public Schools recently presented their Florida Legislative Proposals, in the very first Lee County Youth Policy Summit Expo. VIEW VIDEO>