5.13.03 organizing across generational lines

New Life for High School Civics: Youth Organizers Campaign Successfully for Better Classes

Angie Encarnacion at the Hyde Square Task Force "Letís Vote Barbecue," Jamaica Plain, MA, July 2008. Photo: Rusulenni Castro
Authors: Courtney Clemente

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"We set up meetings with people we felt like were allies, and invited them to our hearing. It's hard to say no to a group of kids wanting to learn, wanting to make a difference."

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Boston, MA, April 25, 2008. At the end of a week marred by violence, the Hyde Square Task Force's Community Development Artists organized 50 youth to paint more than 600 doves on sidewalks throughout the city. photo: Jordan de Guzman
Authors: Sara Burke

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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

Vote Poster
Authors: Women of Zimbabwe Arise

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

Authors: Friends Church of Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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When Involving Youth

Authors: Kayley Harrington

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