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Disillusionment with the inability of political parties to improve their lives is to blame for political apathy amongst the youth of Tshwane, locals say.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Today (Sept. 17), Foot Locker, Inc. announced that it is partnering with Rock The Vote. If you can work a sneaker app, you can certainly figure out if you're registered to vote, right?
BY MOSES MUGUGUNYEKI THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has intensified its non-communicable diseases (NCDs) awareness campaign among the youth with the
The post Red Cross fights NCDs through arts appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
Why is there so much concern about the potential for lower voter turnout in communities of color, particularly among Black and Latino men? A good portion of the answer lies in the results of the 2016 Presidential Election, when, for the first time in twenty years, the nation saw a drop in the turnout rate for Black voters.
The post Obstacles vs. Apathy: Increasing Voter Turnout in Communities of Color appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
Years of white rage over nonwhite attempts to vote have given Black progressives an incomparable view of right-wing extremism and the nation’s ability to reject it.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world last year, young people were affected greatly. Life moments such as proms, graduations, and other festivities were canceled, postponed or held virtually. High schools and colleges moved to remote learning, sports were cancelled and the day-to-day life as a teen and young adult filled with friends and social … Continued
The post The COVID-19 Vaccine: What Young People Want You to Know. appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
This important voting bloc is ready to drive seismic change
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About 58% of American adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine - but the rates differ depending on where you look. At the top of the list is Vermont, where 74.5% of adults have had at least one vaccine dose. Every state in the Northeast has given at least one dose to over 60% of its […]
Fulton County Youth Commission Now Accepting Applications Program seeks to get young people involved in government and policy Fulton County wants young people in search of leadership roles to apply to serve as Youth Commissioners. The Fulton County Department of Community Development is seeking high school students between 9th and 11th grades to participate in … Continued
The post Fulton County Youth Commission Now Accepting Applications appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
(CMC): More than 383,000 voters in Suriname will go to the polls on Monday to elect a new government amid predictions that voter turnout could decline.
The paper reported that another setback for the polls is likely to be a “polluted’ voters list.
The National Democratic Party (NDP) of President Desi Bouterse, has dismissed an opinion polls published on Friday indicating that the ruling party would be defeated in the election.
In the 2015 poll, the party won 27 of the 51 seats and 80 per cent of the votes cast.
The research agency, Idos, in a statement Friday noted: “With a few days to go to the ballot box on May 25, a substantial part of the voters can still be counted among the floating voters.
Election Day is exactly 42 days away, marking a deadline that could result in severe outcomes depending on who is elected as the next president of the United States.
With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the country.
The last local government elections were held in November 2016 and with the next polls due between November 2020 and February 2021.
Jamaicans last elected a government in February 2016, with the current administration’s five-year term ending in February 2021 and the next election due within a maximum of three months thereafter, closing the window in May.
For him, local government and national elections should not be held just because they are due, but for real benefits to the citizens and the country.
In the 2016 general election, only 47.7 per cent of the 1.82 million registered voters participated in the process, the lowest turnout since 1983, when the PNP boycotted the 1983 snap election.
With 34/34 voter service centers reporting and a voter turnout of 39.3%, 143,761 ballots cast from 365,839 registered voters, Kevin Lincoln II secured 25,749 votes or 51.96% to Mayor Michael Tubbs’ 23,807 or 48.04% of the vote. Tubbs, a Democrat, is Stockton’s first Black mayor and youngest mayor in Stockton’s history. He is being challenged […]
The post Mayor Michael Tubbs Trails Kevin Lincoln II in Stockton Mayoral Race first appeared on Post News Group.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who will create that change,” said Lex Scott, the president of the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter.
Press Release - Children beaten by Spanish guards after border gates thrown open Stand-off appears to be Morocco's 'retaliation' for separatist leader's medical treatment in Spain 'Spanish abuses are also EU abuses' - Virginia Álvarez
Memphis Urban League Young Professionals (MULYP) will partner with the Memphis Urban League and the US Census Bureau to host a Voter Registration/Census Caravan and Neighborhood Clean Up on Saturday (Sept. 19). The event, which begins at noon, will feature a caravan through one of the lowest Census count areas of Memphis (South of the […]
The New Florida Majority to Host Ballots + Bubbly + Brunch Event to Encourage African-Americans Throughout Florida to Get Out to Vote
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism.
The Civil Rights Movement refers to the political actions and reform movements between 1954 and 1968 to end legal racial segregation in the United States, especially in the US South.
This article focuses on an earlier phase of the movement. Two United States Supreme Court decisions—Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), which upheld separate but equal racial segregation as constitutional doctrine, and Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) which overturned Plessy—serve as milestones. This was an era of new beginnings, in which some movements, such as Marcus Garveys Universal Negro Improvement Association, were very successful but left little lasting legacy, while others, such as the NAACPs painstaking legal assault on state-sponsored segregation, achieved modest results in its early years but made steady progress on voter rights and gradually built to a key victory in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
After the Civil War, the US expanded the legal rights of African Americans. Congress passed, and enough states ratified, an amendment ending slavery in 1865—the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment only outlawed slavery; it provided neither citizenship nor equal rights. In 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified by the states, granting African Americans citizenship. All persons born in the US were extended equal protection under the laws of the Constitution. The 15th Amendment (ratified in 1870) stated that race could not be used as a condition to deprive men of the ability to vote. During Reconstruction (1865–1877), Northern troops occupied the South. Together with the Freedmens Bureau, they tried to
… , by contrast, pundits often portray Black Americans as an undifferentiated mass – loyal … of Black Americans as Democratic loyalists.
Our new survey of 1,215 African Americans … fewer than half of young Black Americans surveyed in battleground states say …
[CPJ] New York -- In response to Algerian authorities' recent decision to revoke the accreditation of French public broadcaster France 24, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:
POLLING PLACE APP EMPOWERS AMERICANS TO BREAK FREE FROM VOTING BARRIERS WASHINGTON, DC … September 16, 2020 – Election day on November 3rd is quickly approaching and Americans across all 50 states are already trying to plan out how they can vote, who will babysit their kids, and how much time they can afford to […]
The post Saving Democracy… Now There's an App for That! appeared first on Milwaukee Community Journal.
LOS ANGELES (June 19, 2020)- Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today announced the “Good Trouble” impact campaign to coincide with the release of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and in commemoration of Juneteenth, the annual celebration of the emancipation from slavery.
John Lewis: Good Trouble, which Magnolia Pictures and Participant will release in select theaters and on demand on July 3, tells the story of Congressman John Lewis, an American hero and inspirational symbol of civil rights.
“We’re proud to celebrate the iconic legacy of Congressman John Lewis in partnership with some of the leading voices in the fight for all our democratic principles,” said David Linde, CEO of Participant.
In partnership with Congressman John Lewis, the filmmakers, Participant, Magnolia Pictures, Color Farm Media, When We All Vote, Fair Fight, BET, NAACP, Color of Change, Black Voters Matter, VoteRiders, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Rock the Vote, HBCU Heroes, and locally led community groups, the campaign will provide opportunities to support voting rights, participate in civic engagement actions and support local efforts that empower disenfranchised communities to fully participate in our democracy.
“John Lewis serves as a reminder of the importance of grassroots efforts and active engagement to advance civil rights, voter protections and so many of the causes at the forefront of our national dialogue right now,” said Allison Riggs, Chief Voting Rights Counsel and Interim Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
THE title of Chief Secretary was always meant to be a temporary one for Buccoo/Mt Pleasant representative Ancil Dennis.
At 33, he became the youngest Chief Secretary on May 6 last year, when his predecessor Kelvin Charles was asked to resign, after losing the PNM Tobago Council leadership to Tracy Davidson-Celestine in an internal election.
On assuming the post, Dennis made it clear he respected the convention that the leader of the political party that wins the THA election would become Chief Secretary.
But the January 25 six-six deadlock, to which no solution was found after the THA election, has seen Dennis keep the Chief Secretary’s seat warm for much longer than anticipated.
In an interview with Sunday Newsday on Thursday, Dennis said he felt privileged to serve – and was not getting comfortable in the position.
\"I've long accepted that this was not going to be anything permanent. But that's the way it is in public life, nobody is guaranteed anything,\" he said. \"In the Cabinet of TT recently there were changes. Changes can happen any time.
“I'm not one to get comfortable or complacent. It's an opportunity to serve, have a positive impact on fellow Tobagonians.
\"I conduct my business with understanding that I'm not here forever. No position belongs to me.\"
Dennis, who has a master's in public policy and management from the University of London, said the island's future is in good hands, with young leaders coming to the fore.
\"It augurs well for our development. It is better to contribute in this way when you are young and you have the energy and vibrant and substance.
“Some are fortunate to stay in it very long. The Prime Minister is 71 and he has been in this from a very young age.
\"It is not often (young) people are entrusted with leadership at the very top. It augurs well for young people on the island. My performance shows as an encouragement to people across the country that young persons can actually lead and do well.
“There will always be the element of inexperience, but once people are humble (enough) to understand they don't know it all and listen to the advice of even young people who have expertise, people can learn quickly.\"
[caption id=\"attachment_891119\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"683\"] File photo: Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis.[/caption]
Contempt for young leaders
Asked whether he ever faced a situation where the required respect was not forthcoming because of to his age, Dennis said: \"Yeah, generally, persons tend to have some contempt for youthful persons in my position.
\"Some members (Watson Duke) of the opposition in Tobago thought it necessary to refer to me as a ‘child king’ or an ‘OJT’ (on-the-job trainee).
“There is (also) some contempt for persons in position of leadership.”
But when he got to work, he said, people realised age didn't matter, “because despite my young age I have the capacity to lead the island effectively during this pandemic.\"
Looking to the future, Dennis is eagerly anticipating the passage of the Tobago Self Government Bill and the
The Saint Lucia National Youth Council (SLNYC) has lauded efforts by Dennery police to reach out to the youth. The police invited a group of young people to work with them last week in sprucing up the Dennery police station. The police also treated the youngsters to lunch at the station. As a result of […]
This article SLNYC Praises Dennery Police Youth Outreach appeared first on St. Lucia Times News.
On Aug. 6, 1965, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by his side, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
The fourth Tuesday of September is recognized as National Voter Registration Day. A few seniors may be voting for the first time this year, but for the majority of Arroyo students, the 2024 election will be their first. In a time when politics seem to be at the center of everything, it is difficult to...
by Najee El-Amin - In 2016, Mississippi’s voter turnout rate took a nosedive as 70,000 eligible citizens did not show up to cast a ballot. Activists have been trying to figure out why this happened and how to get African Americans, a powerful voting bloc, energized and back to the polls. Their efforts are coming […]
