See also:

• Society: Issues: Children, Youth and Family  (738)
• Society: Issues: Children, Youth and Family: Advocacy Groups  (59)
• Society: Organizations: Student: Rights  (11)

Sites:

freechild.org - resources for young people and their allies *Cool Site* - Contains websites, articles and books on everything youth-driven that means anything to young people: activism, rights, education and more. Includes resources for funding, research and the adult allies of young people. National Youth Rights Association *Cool Site* - America's largest and most successful youth rights organization. NYRA supports rights for all youth including lowering the drinking age, lowering the voting age, repealing curfews, and combating age discrimination. Americans for a Free Society from Age Restrictions - ASFAR is an organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal civil rights of youth. ASFAR fights the voting age, curfew laws, and other laws that limit the freedom of young people. Association for Children's Suffrage - Student organization at Brown University challenging the voting age through lobbying, public meeting, and media. Campaign for a Democratic Future - A group of teenagers seeking the right to vote in city and town elections. International Student Activism Alliance - ISAA is a student rights group that has successfully fought for and won student representation on school boards and also addresses constitutional rights in schools. International Youth Rights Action Alliance - A collection of projects and resources to aid the youth rights movement. JustAct: Youth Action for Global Justice - Promoting youth leadership and action for global justice. Details of the programmes and network. K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. (KinderRÄchTsZÄnker) - German site for equal rights for people under the age of 18: voting rights, democratic education, etc. (Multilingual) Libertarian Rock - Libertarian Rock fights against lifestyle laws, such as teen curfews, which are written by intolerant politicians. Peace Fire - Youth against internet censorship. Realistic Alcohol Laws for Legal Youth - RALLY seeks to educate students about alcohol policy and ultimately lower the drinking age to 18 in the United States. Students Against Name Tags Association (SANTA) - Opposes mandatory identification tags worn around the neck in public schools. Specifically Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida. Students for Social Change - Students For Social Change is a student run organization based in Silver Spring, MD that looks to advocate and preserve social, political, and economic justice. Students for Social Change encourages students throughout schools to form SFSC chapters to inform the public and to help bring about social and economic reform. United American Youth Liberalists - The United American Youth Liberalists is a unification working diligently to push for more youth rights and activism in government. Newly added and revised Bill of Beliefs included. World Congress of Youth - An international youth advocacy organization aiming to empower youth. Youth Rights International - Youth Rights International is dedicated to fighting for the rights of youth everywhere through legislative advocacy, media exposure, public education efforts, protests, and other activities. YouthSpeak - Organization promoting the youth right to vote in the United States.

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