Youth Action Research Group: Our New Members

Monday, March 13, 2006

Our New Members

The Youth Action Research Group has been successful in recruiting 11 new members! The new members have been busy working on posts to put on the blog. The new recruited members show us that youth want to organize for social change, and not just get into trouble like some people think.

Here's a preview of what one of our new members had to say about the rally we went to last week:

NEW MEMBER POST #1
"Well Yesterday, March 7,2006 was the Rally and even though I couldn't go I support fully what the rally was about because I believe that the government shouldn't discriminate against
immigrants."
Melissa Rivera, Age 18

Stay tuned, we will be having more new member posts all this week...

About Me

Name: Youth Action Research Group

Location: Washington, D.C.

YARG is a youth driven organization in which teens from all over D.C. come together to talk about the issues that affect their lives, such as youth employment, gentrification, youth violence, school policies, and whatever else our youth members decide is important. We focus on making change by organizing to build our power. Organizing is when individuals and organizations come together to fight for social change. We use our own experiences and research to create change in our communities. We participate in community meetings and testify before city council to have our opinions heard. We step up and let people know there is a need for change and what that change should look like. Young people are important in building community and making social change especially around policies that affect them the most. Since many of the changes being made in our community affect youth, we should have a voice as to what those changes are. - Aqiyla Edwards, Age 16

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Monday, March 13, 2006

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