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This blog is for anyone who’s energetic and passionate about how the next generation is creating change in new and fresh ways; anyone who brims with new approaches and ideas for problem-solving; anyone who’s disposed toward sharing the responsibilities and rewards of affecting change in the world; and anyone who’s equipped with the digital tools and people power to make it happen. Help us explore questions about how the next generation can impact engagement and activism by reading and commenting on posts.

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Give Thanks, Tweetsgiving Style Earlier today I tuned in (via my laptop,
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Change.org and MySpace Launch Ideas for America Change.org and MySpace have launched Ideas for Change in America (or on MySpace,
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Putting the "Mo" in November Sure, the economy ma
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Check Out The Working Wikily Blog A few months back the Monitor Institute and the David and
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Is Kanye Our Kurt? In their book Millennial Makeover, Morley Winograd and Michael Hais look at the pictures of Generations X and Y painted by popular media. They suggest that the work ethic of the former is represented by the entrepreneurial “Joel Goodson” (Tom Cruise's character in Risky Business) while that of the latter is represented by the androgynously named, ideals-driven “Andy Sachs” (Anne Hathaway's character in The Devil Wears Prada).  I posed a similarly themed question on Facebook and Twitter: “If Kurt Cobain is the [overarching] voice of Gen-X, then who/what best represents the voice of Gen-Y?” 
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Are Today's Young People Policital Game-changers? By now, we’ve all seen the numbers about the incredible youth vote turn out—23 million young people voted, representing about 52 percent of the under-30 population, and 18 percent of the total electorate. But what does that mean? It means the question du jour is no longer “Will they turn out?” but “Will they stay out?” So as I see it, the real question is, was the youth vote ever about the election, or something larger? Enter a November 6 panel discussion at the Center for American Progress titled “Are Today’s Young People Political Game-Changers?”, where many participants stated that election or not, young people are organically creating a movement that challenges status-quo power structures, requires transparency, and demands accountability in the government and across institutions.
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Be Extraordinary - In Less than 20 Minutes
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