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.
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.
