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Essential Background Information
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Youth have been involved in various monumental events that have inspired political change including:​
Youth Participation
Youth have been involved in various monumental events that have inspired political change including:​
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Kent State Protests
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Civil Rights Protests
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Little Rock Protests
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Rise of Social Media
80% of America's youth are on some form of social media.
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Social media allows youth to become connected and become more unified behind various causes.
Policy Change
Youth in the past have been crucial to various changes including:
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Rights to free speech in schools
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The desegregation of schools
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Pressuring politians to end the Vietnam War.
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