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Thanks to the work of student debt advocates, many of them in the Alliance for Youth Action network, the Biden Administration delivered on their campaign promise to cancel federal student loan debt. Now applications for student debt relief are officially open!

The youth vote will be essential to winning the midterms, so the Alliance team is hitting the road to do on-the-ground get-out-the-vote (GOTV) organizing with the Alliance Network! For the last two weeks of October, Alliance staff members are traveling across the country to nine Alliance Network organizations  to help turn out the youth vote in their states.

More than 8 million young people have turned 18 since the 2020 election. Imagine a world where every single one of them cast their ballot in the 2022 midterm elections.

Today, across Indigenous reservations, you will find the resistance and resilience of Indigenous people who have fought for their culture, lands, language, and traditions for centuries against white supremacy colonialism.

As the temperatures are dropping and leaves are changing, we’re looking back on the incredible work Alliance youth organizers did these past few months to develop strong leaders in their communities and organize in the field for big primary wins, while still taking time to rest up before election season. This year, the Alliance Network […]

Youth organizers in the Alliance Network have always dominated the voter registration game. And they showed up and showed out yet again during this year’s 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day (NVRD). Check out what some of the Alliance Network youth organizers were up to last week.

Catch our livestream event on Wednesday, September 21st—Youth for the Win: How Young People Will Decide the Midterms. The event will feature Alliance Network Executive Directors and movement leaders, music performances by DJ Saint Cedes and DJ Searchlight, and remarks from our special guests. You won’t want to miss it!

Stay up-to-date on what Alliance Network orgs are doing to get their communities #VoteReady for local primary elections

When a modern nation has outdated registration and voting systems, it wastes millions of dollars, undermines voter confidence, and denies eligible citizens their sacred right to democracy. Democracy Done Right is about fixing all that! Gen-Z and Millennial voters are the largest and most diverse voting bloc in our nation’s history, and we deserve a voting system that reflects the America we are today.

The power of the youth vote has been the driving force behind electoral wins since the 2018 midterm elections. And with many congressional seats up for grabs this November, it is essential for candidates to address the issues young people care about most.