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Antonio Dominguez entered high school “disengaged and directionless,” as he puts it, but emerged as a community leader, and credits caring adults to ...
Alex Wirth
For my generation, politics is broken. The results of the Harvard Institute of Politics spring 2013 poll of over 3,000 young Americans show a generation pessimistic ...
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Grant takes you through the basics of the Presidential Youth Council idea and how you can get involved.
Youth across the country are leading a movement for solutions to gun violence that work.
The Presidential Youth Council, composed of young Americans ages 16 to 24, will advise the President on the perspectives of youth, offer suggestions on how to make ...
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Sarah Huff is one of The Corps Network 2013 Corpsmembers of the Year. She tells a powerful -- and humorous -- story of how a job of miserable conditions in a tough ...
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A 13-year old convinces his state Senate to support a Presidential Youth Council.
Rashawn Davis
A young man born into a high-risk environment runs for city council in his home city of Newark, New Jersey.
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When Raghda escaped danger and tragedy in her home country of Iraq, she was in the U.S. with limited English and no sense of her future. Thanks to a San Diego Corps ...
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Meet the KIDS COUNT Infographic Challenge Info Champ winner!
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Calling anyone under 24 to get involved with the CLC Children & Youth Inaugural Video project. What do you think President Obama and Congress ...
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The Corps Network helps thousand of young people successfully improve the pathway of their lives to jobs and employment through service programs.
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Ben Simon, the young founder of the Food Recovery Network, sparked a national movement for food recovery while a student at the University of Maryland.
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A video highlighting the National Council of Young Leaders' meeting with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in October 2012.
The U.S. State Department engages with global youth councils and emphasizes the importance of the youth voice in policy.
Youth unemployment is at the highest level since World War II. A Casey Foundation report looks at what we know and what works, and we break it down.