Young Democrats
Submitted by siobhanog on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 1:47pm.
My friend and I are trying to start a Young Democrats club at our school. Has anyone else tried this? Any tips or advice? Deval Patrick is my neighbor as is Brian Joyce (a senator) so we're going to try to bring them to our school, but does anyone have advice on events we could attend as a group?
A response to the Young Democrats
You may want to check out this website, http://www.civicyouth.org/ then perhaps contact someone there,the site has a link to do this. This seems about your speed(what your looking to do)
A bit of their mission statement;
CIRCLE’s MISSION
CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) promotes research on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. Although CIRCLE conducts and funds research, not practice, the projects that we support have practical implications for those who work to increase young people’s engagement in politics and civic life. CIRCLE is also a clearinghouse for relevant information and scholarship.
CIRCLE was founded in 2001 with a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and is now also funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is based in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.
Post Script
The fact that you are actively engaged in this endeavor is encouraging, however, do keep your minds open, and do question any position or platform that your party stands behind.
That said, you could consider, creating a whole new party, no ties, new vision.
Not a novel concept, but a refreshing possibility.
Luis