Kevin Killer used his 2006 Young People For (YP4) fellowship to educate people on his reservation about a ballot initiative that would have banned civil unions.
Coming from an area with 70 to 80 percent unemployment, he's now a trainer with Campus Camp Wellstone and has been elected President of the YP4 Network.
Learn more about the YP4 fellowship…
This is a list of upcoming events which have been posted by YP4 fellows and staff. If you're a fellow, you can create an event using the "Create content" link in your MyYP4 box.
2008 Summer Organizing Fellowship: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Date: 06/09/2008 - 12:00am - 08/15/2008 - 12:00am
Location:
New York?
Description:
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
2008 Summer Organizing Fellowship
June 9, 2008–August 15, 2008
About the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
We are the uncompromising national voice for full LGBT equality.
The Task Force creates change by building LGBT political power from the ground up.
SAVE's "Asserting the Youth Voice" Press Forum w/ THOMAS FRIEDMAN, JOE SCARBOROUGH, JUDY WOODRUFF, ELEANOR CLIFT, & MIKE MCCURRY
Date: 07/25/2008 - 11:00am - 07/25/2008 - 2:00pm
Location:
Friday, July 25, 2008
11:00am - 2:00pm
The American Institute of Architects Building
1735 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Description:
On Friday, July 25th from 11AM-2PM, the Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE) will host a press forum entitled "Asserting the Youth Voice," featuring,
*Thomas Friedman, national best-selling author of The World Is Flat and New York Times columnist;
*Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer;
*Joe Scarborough, U.S. Congressman and MSNBC Anchor of Morning Joe;
*Eleanor Clift, contributing editor of Newsweek and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group;
*Mike McCurry, former White House press secretary to President Bill Clinton.
We will engage in a discussion about the representation of young people in the media.
Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority
Date: 07/29/2008 - 12:00pm - 07/29/2008 - 2:00pm
Location:
Demos
220 Fifth Ave. (26th St.)
5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Description:
Join Demos for a discussion with Michael Connery author of Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority.
Social Justice Film Fiesta
Date: 08/01/2008 - 5:00pm - 08/01/2008 - 9:00pm
Location:
Travers Park (34th AVE between 77th & 78th ST)
Jackson Heights, Queens
Description:
Join us for an evening of games, performances and short films created by NYC youth
The Do Something Not-for-Profit Boot Camp
Date: 08/02/2008 - 8:30am - 08/02/2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
Description:
The Boot Camp is a chance for all you young (25 and under) world changers to learn, think big and share your passion for social change with like-minded peers. Join us for a day of workshops, discussion sessions, and networking opportunities that will offer practical skills and knowledge to grow your projects, and strengthen the passion and dedication you already have to make change. To register and learn more information go to www.dosomething.org/bootcamp Registration deadline is JULY 24th and we only have 50 openings, so get going!
Creating Global Change: How youth are answering the question, "What can I do?"
Date: 08/05/2008 - 9:15am
Location:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Description:
Student Movement for Real Change (SMRC) and Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) are hosting a conference to gain knowledge on and discuss global development issues and ways in which young people have the power to create change.
Tuesday, August 5th
9:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Panel Health, Education, and Development: Young People Acting Now
Student Coalition to End Human Trafficking
Date: 09/05/2008 - 12:00am - 09/07/2008 - 12:00am
Location:
Washington, D.C.
Description:
Americans for Informed Democracy: Human Trafficking Convergence
Student Coalition to End Human Trafficking
If you’ve been working to raise awareness about human trafficking and modern day slavery on your college campus or in your community, and are looking to take your activism to the next level by building collective power with groups from around the country, then this retreat is for you!
When: September 5-7th
Where: Washington, D.C.
This retreat is designed to create space for 20 student leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to the anti-human trafficking movement to come together in order to:
* Learn more about the issue and discuss the problem
A World Beyond Capitalism
Date: 10/25/2008 - 2:30pm - 10/26/2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
Olympia, WA
Description:
A World Beyond Capitalism
4 Years Strong, 3 Documentaries Recorded, 2 Ways To Join us, 1 Mission: Networking and Working Together to Create A World That is Beyond Capitalism!
The Fourth Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference
The Mission Statement:
A World Beyond Capitalism 2008 invites activists to come to the Pacific Northwest in October 2008 and engage in several days of educational discussion and visionary dialogue. This year we will offer a new, radical approach of offering live teleconference of workshops in which the facilitators allow their workshops to be broadcast worldwide!