December 21, 2018
This has been our biggest year yet at the Alliance. We have more affiliates (eleven!), partners (twelve!), and staff (nine!) than ever before and there is no doubt that our network had a massive impact on the outcome of the 2018 elections. We couldn’t have done this without your support – from funding us directly […]
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December 14, 2018
The Alliance for Youth Action is dedicated to building a large and diverse network of locally powered, youth-led organizations. We are proud to announce that our network just got a little bit bigger. Join us in welcoming the newest affiliate at the Alliance for Youth Action – Georgia Shift! Hailing from the beloved city of […]
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November 29, 2018
You saw the numbers. Young people made history on Election Day. From voter registration numbers that looked more like a presidential year than a midterm to record breaking turnout not seen in over 25 years, young people turned up and turned out this year. Our network is committed to building young people’s political power, and voting is just one […]
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November 8, 2018
Wow! This has been an incredible election cycle. Young people led record breaking change across the country. In fact, according to exit poll analysis just released by CIRCLE, there was a ten point increase in youth turnout from 2014 to 2018. 31% of young people voted this election! And the organizations in our network – […]
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November 6, 2018
We can’t believe it’s finally here! As we enter the final hours before E-Day, we want to make sure y’all go into November 6th excited by the work young people have led across the country this year. Check out some of the organizers leading the work and share this video with your friends! Fourteen organizations […]
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October 24, 2018
We love bringing you good news in the midst of so much uncertainty in our country, and boy do we have some good news this week. The Alliance network *officially* has 1 million voter guides being circulated in communities across the country from now until Election Day! And this year we are partnering with NextGen […]
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October 11, 2018
The Alliance Network has been putting in hella work to get young people registered before deadlines hit. So far the network has registered over 100,000 young people to vote and counting! Take a look at some of the inspiring work our folks are leading! This Saturday Chicago Votes is partnering with the Chicago Women’s March […]
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October 1, 2018
This week, we celebrated the largest National Voter Registration Day ever! The Alliance network threw down on Tuesday to register young voters across the country and empower our generation to turn out on Election Day. On National Voter Registration Day, 13 organizations from our network registered…are you ready for it…9,094 voters! And we are still […]
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September 25, 2018
Today is one of our favorite holidays, National Voter Registration Day! It’s the country’s largest single-day effort to register voters, get Americans excited about our democracy, and have a rockin’ time while doing it. The Alliance co-created National Voter Registration Day in 2012 to get more people registered, more people voting, and more people participating […]
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September 11, 2018
Amidst the many programs, expansion, and partnership work happening here at the Alliance, we forgot to tell you about an exciting new program we’re housing for the cycle. It’s called the Midwest Culture Lab, and its purpose is to increase the civic engagement of young people in the Midwest by integrating cultural organizing and story-driven […]
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