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3 unusual facts about Youth activism


Youth activism

Researchers, including Shawn Ginwright, David Driskell, Barry Checkoway and Lorraine Gutierrez have led the burgeoning study of modern youth activism.

In recent years, educators such as the Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, Howard Zinn, Alfie Kohn, and Jonathan Kozol have all called for young people to become central actors in the guidance of schools and communities.

In the 1960s, the Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas handed out two landmark case decisions in favor of youth rights, Tinker v. Des Moines and In re Gault.


Mary Beth Tinker

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, in fall 2013, Tinker began a national tour promoting youth activism and youth rights.


see also

Generation Progress

Articles including reports on youth activism, reviews of films and music, and interviews with well-known people like Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama, Helen Thomas, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Cho, Larry David and Seymour Hersh.

Viviana Piñeiro

From a family with a long tradition in the socialism, she began her political life at the age of 12, since her link with the socialist youth activism in the city of Tacuarembó.

Youth Activism Project

Wendy Schaetzel Lesko is the Executive Director of the Youth Activism Project.