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…
In the News
Aug 29, 2007
Fueling New Aggressive Progressives
OpEdNews, August 10
This op-ed piece cites Young People For as one of the new generation of organizations that offers support and guidance to young progressives.
Protests: Turmoil on Campus
The Daily Californian, August 20
2007 Fellow Van Nguyen commented while participating in a peace rally on his campus at UC Berkeley that students today are even more eager to see change in the political climate than were students in the 1960’s.
Yearly Kos Video: Building the Progressive Youth Movement
Future Majority, August 27
2006 Fellow and founding Roosevelt Institute board member Adam Conner and YP4 Program Director Shaunna Thomas participated in the Yearly Kos panel “Building a Progressive Youth Movement.” The panel was broadcast on CSPAN; clips are available at Future Majority.
Kossacks Under 35 Launches
AdamConner7, August 17
2006 Fellow Adam Conner blogged about “Building a Progressive Youth Movement.”
Collecting Snippets of Good Design
design|snips, August
The design of the Young People For website was nominated as a “Snippet of Good Design” by designsnips.com.
Idealist.org and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network at the Prince George Ballroom
Common Ground
Young professionals and interns from Young People For were among the more than 200 people who attended a networking event hosted by Common Ground.