Student Movements

Subsections:

2009

The State of Youth Organizing

Kristina Rizga : Youth

The Nation asked leading youth organizers to suggest specific ways the Obama administration could help them mobilize the most diverse and socially progressive generation.
Back to the USSA

Te-Ping Chen : Washington DC

The country's oldest student association has its eyes on the prize--student aid reform.
Obama Youthquake: One Year Later

VideoNation : Activism & Organizing

One year after young voters and organizers helped propel President Obama to victory, are "Obama's youth" still active?
Cafeteria Consciousness

Anna Lappé : Food & Nutrition

Concerned about global warming, students are pushing for change--in their dining halls.
Out of Reach

Liza Featherstone : Higher Education

As the cost of college hits the stratosphere, students are organizing to bring it down to earth.
Good Work--If Youth Can Find It

Kristina Rizga : Environment

Youth organizers have reason to hope green jobs can help change young lives.

Ending Student Debt

Sean Dennison

This essay, a finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that the new president needs to take definitive action toward eliminating student debt.
Juan Reynosa's Environmental Mission

Kristina Rizga

If you want cleaner air and water and less poverty, Juan Reynosa, a community organizer with New Mexico Youth Organized, thinks you should consider environmental justice work.
Learning About Labor

Hugh Baran : Labor Organizing & Activism

This essay, a finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that the new President should restore workers' rights ASAP.
Building for the Future

Supriya Pillai

An activist calls for engaging youth in political life beyond the election.
You Voted. Now What?

Kristina Rizga

Barack Obama may be able to seize the moment and push a new kind of politics, but not unless he is pushed to do so. So here's a young voter's post-election guide, from the grassroots to the Hill.
Building the Future

Bobby Allyn : Public Policy Groups

A report from the Roosevelt Institution student policy expo.
Youth Protests Outshine Olympic Torch

Cora Currier : China

Tibetan-led youth groups are proving the power of grassroots organizing with their highly effective Beijing Olympics protests.
The Change We Wish to See

Grant Resick : History

Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.

Students for a Free Pakistan

Jayati Vora : Internet & New Media

Putting blogs, cellphones and text messages to work, Pakistani students around the world are rallying against Musharraf's martial law.
Climate Change Power Shift

Anya Kamenetz : Environmental Activism

Thousands of students came together to infuse the largest citizen conference ever to address climate change with energy, enthusiasm and a new vision for the future.
Reading Arendt in Caracas

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl : South America

A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?