Youth activists have a lot to celebrate as the year comes to an end, but they have even more lessons to share with the rest of us.
The 2020 presidential election demonstrated how successful organizers were in turning out an age group with notoriously low voter turnout into an active, engaged electorate with high rates of participation.
According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, a non-partisan research initiative based at Tufts University, youth voting (defined as those 18 to 29) jumped in 2020 compared to the 2016 presidential election. While Gen Zers only make up about half of this demographic with millennials on the other end, the youth bump has become a motivator for young activists to continue getting out the vote among their peers and older voters. Read more…
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Source : 4 lessons from Gen Z organizers that we could all use before the next election
