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One year ago this week, European Parliamentary Member Terry Reintke announced that Germany had lowered its national voting age to 16. Around that same time, New Zealand began working to lower its national voting age to 16 after it was ruled by their supreme court that the current voting laws discriminated against young people. EarlierContinue reading “It is Time To Lower the Voting Age to 16”

A worker flexes his muscles. Like the worker, we need to build upon the gains we’ve made this summer regarding lowering the voting age to 16. This summer, I traveled across the U.S. in order to bring greater advocacy to lowering the voting age. I spoke at Tufts University in Boston to bring greater awarenessContinue reading “Let’s Get to Work!”

Tomorrow is September 17th, a day that is traditionally observed as Citizenship Day in the United States. But what is one of the hallmark activities of citizenship? One could say one of the main responsibilities of that would be voting. During the summer, I and several organizations worked together to bring more awareness of theContinue reading “Citizenship & Voting”

I just wanted to send a special thanks to my team at Tufts University yesterday to help with the Frontiers of Democracy discussion panel to lower the voting age to 16. I think we all did a great job, brought more awareness to an important topic & had a great time while doing it. BigContinue reading “We Conquered in Boston!!”

An empty conference panel. I’ll most likely be a participant in an upcoming panel later this summer to talk about lowering the voting age to 16. This is pretty much a continuation of last month’s post, but with a twist. Rather than a call for panelists or a story about lowering the voting age, IContinue reading “To Boston & Beyond!”

Barnum Hall outside of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. The private research institution, Tufts University, is looking for proposals on an upcoming conference for July. Usually, I would post a monthly blog feature that is somehow connected with lowering the voting age. However, given that it is the annual no taxation withoutContinue reading “Increasing Enfranchisement Awareness Through Presentation: Calls for Collaboration!”

This year marks many important milestones for many youth victories in the last decade. It can also be a year for additional gains for youth empowerment efforts. In a few days, spring will begin for the year, with many locations opening up once more and slowly emerging from the cold winter months that have beenContinue reading “The Search for Greener Pastures: Traveling to Promote Lowering the Voting Age”

A famous photo of Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri(R) throwing his fist up in the air. It was widely used during the Jan. 6 Investigation Committee in the last few years. Sen. Hawley has recently authored a bill that seeks to require social media users to be 16 years of age. (Photo courtesy of Vogue)Continue reading “The Social Media Divide Provides An ‘Uncommon’ Common Ground”