- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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38 people are interested
Want to expand the right to vote?
ORGANIZATION: National Youth Rights Association
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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38 people are interested
Are you under 18? Would you like the right to vote? We are currently looking for volunteers who want to work on expanding voting rights to young people. You can either work by starting a campaign in your community or helping us to reach out to other voting rights groups and promoting various campaigns happening throughout the country. People of any age can apply, but this opportunity is especially suited for people under 18.
The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) is a nonprofit organization that challenges age discrimination and prejudice and fights for the freedom, equality, and rights of all young people. Our volunteer opportunities provide a chance to use and develop your skills in a variety of areas including research, writing, promotion, and outreach. All of our projects are completed online, so you can work from home and set your own schedule.
For more information and to apply go to: http://www.youthrights.org/action/volunteer/ or send us a email if you have any questions.
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About National Youth Rights Association
Location:
PO Box 5865, Takoma Park, MD 20913, US
Mission Statement
The National Youth Rights Association is dedicated to defending the civil and human rights of young people in the United States. We believe certain basic rights are intrinsic parts of American citizenship and transcend age or status limits. As the world's leading democracy, the United States should not lag behind other nations in granting first-class citizenship to its young people. NYRA aims to achieve its goals through educating people about youth rights, working with public officials to devise fitting policy solutions to problems affecting young people and empowering young people to work on their own behalf.
Description
The National Youth Rights Association is a national non-profit dedicated to fighting for the civil rights and liberties of young people. We fight against age discrimination. NYRA has members in all 50 states, and chapters from coast to coast. We work to lower the voting age, lower the drinking age, repeal curfew laws, protect student rights, and fight against ageism where ever we see it.
In the grand tradition of the civil rights movements in the past, we seek to write a new chapter, and create a world where people are not judged by their birth date, but by the content of their character. Our mission centers on challenging age discrimination against young people, both in law and in attitudes. Many of the basic freedoms afforded to Americans in the Bill of Rights are withheld from youth, and not without troubling consequences for both youth and society as a whole.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
March 4, 2019
SKILLS
- Research
- Reading / Writing
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Variable
- Reliable internet connection