Campaign for Young America
It’s no secret: no one is working these days. While it’s nice to see that the unemployment rate is lower than it was a year ago (and shrinking still). Gallup still reports that more than 16 percent of people are “underempolyed.” There’s another secret that isn’t so secret: Millennials are bearing the brunt of this [...]
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A Millennial Perspective: The Cultural Window
No worldview (cultural, political or otherwise) can single-handedly define the Millennial generation. No Justin Bieber, Eminem or Lady Gaga will ever be able to say they represented the Millennials. You can’t fit “Millennial” into a box, because who we are, and what we stand for, transcends the limits that come with categorization. With that being [...]
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Alicia’s Story
Greetings Fellow Millenial Mobilizers!!! My name is Alicia Yvette Holmes and I am an awardee of the 2010 Millennial ROI Summit in Chicago! I would like to share, for the record that, I have been hammering away at writing this blog since 2010. Every time I would sit down to write, my mind would scramble [...]
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The Opportunity of Youth
Just a few weeks ago, the White House unveiled some startling news. They revealed some strange conclusions drawn from a report that was compiled by Columbia University. It seems that nearly 73 percent of youth who are unemployed, without degrees, or absent from school are still confident that they can achieve their goals. They are [...]
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“If Only History Hadn’t Ended”; How Democracy and Capitalism Are Viewed In the Former USSR
It’s been 20 years since the disintegration of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. Most Millennials, including myself, were either not born yet or just beginning to become conscious of the fact that there was a world out there other than themselves. We weren’t around to witness the Cold War and the events that [...]
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The Craziest Thing About Where I Work?
We are a foundation without money. We actually give away something far more valuable. I first joined Taproot Foundation in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA. If you’re not familiar with the program, you essentially pledge to serve for 1 year, helping to build the capacity of a nonprofit organization while earning a modest stipend. Many [...]
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Millennials and Time Management
By high school, the constant pressure of a never ending stream of things to do and places to go really kicks in. When there isn’t homework to do, there is soccer practice. If there isn’t soccer practice, of course there is SAT prep, either at an institution or after school. Beyond those,there are extracurricular things [...]
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The Road to Perdition
Well, it’s 2012. Finally. I have been waiting for this year for 18 agonizing years. This is my year. I graduate this year. I go to college this year. I get to spread my wings this year. This year is going to be such a great year that I had to make a list of [...]
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Mentorship for Millennial Women
With unemployment rate at the lowest it’s been, finding and keeping a job has become a challenge for everyone, especially Millennials. The unemployment rate for recent graduates is at a shocking 14%. For those Millennial women lucky enough to land a job there is a resource within your workplace that you may be dismissing. Is [...]
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Proud Politics of Incoming Millennials
There’s a new generation of voters now. That’s us – Millennials, born latest in 1993 and the youngest eligible to cast ballots in the upcoming 2012 election. According to the Los Angeles Times, Millennials “now identify as Democrats by a ratio of 2 to 1.” Republican or Democrat, it’s undeniable that we’re the generation with [...]
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TTG+ Partners Live Twitter Interview with Maya Enista Smith
It’s no secret that there are some serious barriers preventing Millennials from completing higher education. Financial success has proven difficult for Millennials to attain, a challenge only further complicated for those young people lacking a degree. This challenge is one that Mobilize.org knows well. An organization founded at UC Berkeley as a result of tuition [...]
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Mobilize.org To Announce Election Programming in February 2012
Dear Mobilize.org Network, Happy New Year, and I hope everyone’s 2012 is off to a happy and healthy start. I wanted to write a quick note from Mobilize.org HQ and tell you about an exciting campaign that we’ll be launching this winter, and that you may read more about on the GOOD website soon! In [...]
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