Interested in speaking with YVote youth? Contact Katie Hetlage at [email protected]

Our young people are change-makers AND newsmakers.  Check them out:

• In Gothamist’s “A state law could help prevent disenfranchising young voters. Why is NY ignoring it?”
• On PBS’ March 21, 2023 episode of MetroFocus, featuring the NYC Youth Agenda Steering Committee Youth
• In The Washington Post’s “How to End Self-Censorship in High Schools”
• In Brooklyn Community Foundation’s “How Invest in Youth Grantee YVote is Developing the Next Gen Voters“
• In Common Dreams’ “Gen Z Voters are a Force for Progressive Politics. Can Politicians Keep Up?”
• In The Washington Post’s “Gen Z Announces Itself in Midterms with Democratic boost, historic wins” 
• In The Bronx Times’ “Lehman College to host early voting themed haunted house Thursday”
• In Chalkbeat’s “Caring for a beloved class pet taught me to care for myself, too“
• In Motivote’s “What’s Civic Joy? And Why Do We Need It Now (More Than Ever)?” which highlights our August 2022 YVote Civic Expo
• In Chalkbeat’s “This teen has a lot to tell Eric Adams about the future of NYC schools“
• In Hunts Point Express’ “Youth, Civic Organizations Work To Boost Voter Turnout in South Bronx“
• In The City’s “Will NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Listen to Young New Yorkers”
• In Real Clear Education’s “Why are High Schoolers Afraid to Speak Up in Class?”
• In Chalkbeat’s “‘This is something I can do now’: What Kamala Harris’ ascension means for girls of color”
• In Chalkbeat’s “For these teens, the election season has been a political awakening”
• In The Norwood News’ “YVote: Youth Civic Engagement That Starts With Voting“
• In the NYC Outward Bound Network newsletter’s “Why Is Voting Important? A Brooklyn Collaborative Student Shares Her Experience” profiling YVoter Akeelah Hargett Baldwin
• In two recent episodes of BronxNet Open TV with  on BronxNet’s Open TV with the unparalleled host Rhina Valentin: cofounder Sanda Balaban and Social Media Director Yessii Burgos here and YVoters Angelina Bland, Anthony Vidals, and Mia White here
• In The Bronx Times’ “YVote encourages youth civic engagement and voting in 2020 and beyond”
• In the Wall Street Journal’s “New York Seeks to Counter Sharp Drop in Registered Young Voters“
• In Youth Radio’s “Who Says Youth Don’t Vote? These 5 Organizations Are Busting That Myth” featuring YVote and our 18 in ’18 initiative
• On WNYC, as Aicha Cherif, a junior at School of the Future and Saskia Van Horn, a senior at Energy Tech High School, exhort peers to turn out at the ballot box as well as at protests in “Students Who March for Gun Control Plan to Vote for It, Too”
• On WNYC, again, where YVoter Nuzhat Wahid, a senior at the Academy of American Studies, tells us “This Is How NYC Students Plan a Walkout”
• In Clover, in which YVoter Veronica Vasquez schools us all on “How To Be a Political Activist (Even If You’re Too Young To Vote)”
• In Alternet, popping off the page in Andrea Gabor’s article “The Best Way To Prevent Future Trumps: Teach Kids That Voting Matters,” which provides an in-depth account of YVoters’ summer meeting with NYC Councilman Brad Lander and the astute, informed questions they raised.
• In Education Week, featured in an article called “Eighteen in ’18: Bringing Youth into the Political Process”, in which YVote is described as offering “a context, a catalyst, and a scaffold as students wrestle with how to build a better future.”
• In Chalkbeat, profiled in “What three New York City teens say about politics today — and getting their peers to vote,” telling us what they’re passionate about, what teens can teach adults about, ways to get teens to commit  to voting, and how they’d describe the current political environment
• In the New York Times, where Saskia Van Horn shouts out YVote as being on her Summer Bucket List.