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…
Tough to Vote, Tough to Get By: Economic Insecurity and Barriers to Civic Participation
Tough to Vote, Tough to Get By: Economic Insecurity and Barriers to Civic Participation, a free online course organized by YP4 and Demos, began April 21.
Over six weeks, the course will cover the following topics:
- Not getting by: A look at economic insecurity
- Debt: De facto safety net
- Middle class insecurity
- Youth economics
- Election reform: Breaking through barriers to voting
- Allegations of voter fraud and voter ID laws
- Understanding the potential of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)
- Improving access to the polls – the case for Election Day registration
How to Enroll
To enroll in Tough to Get By, you must have a MyYP4 account. If you do not have an account, you can register for one right now. If you're already registered, simply proceed to the Progressive Academy Online and use your MyYP4 username and password to log in.
All YP4 fellows, past and present, have MyYP4 accounts. If you are a fellow, from any year, and you do not know your account information, you may use the password recovery form or contact us for help.
Participants of past Progressive Academy Online courses should click here for an important update on their account info.
Time Commitment
The course will require at least 2–4 hours per week, depending on the length of the readings and the amount of discussion throughout the week. As with any educational opportunity, the more time you can devote to the course, the more reward you will get out of it.
We recognize that some weeks are busier for participants than others. For this reason, we require that each participant commit to posting to the discussion board at least twice per week, but strongly encourage them to post more. The course will be driven by online discussion, and participants should expect to engage in the Progressive Academy Online website at least three days per week.
Course Platform
The Progressive Academy Online is a web-based learning discussion that includes curriculum posts and online discussion fora. You must have regular access to a computer to participate.
Although participants will not have to “show up” for a lecture, the course instructor will ask for regular and timely responses to discussion questions based on readings and assignments, and that participants engage with the weekly guest speaker by posting questions weekly that guest speakers will respond to. All information and readings related to the course will be available online free of charge.