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...address this concern, the Institute of Politics (IOP) has initiated a new effort designed to address the lack of youth political engagement. According to members of the IOP, the Institute’s new National Campaign effort was developed as a response to the growing number of college students who have become disengaged from the political process, and its primary goal is to encourage college students to become more civic-minded. The Institute should be praised for its ambitious endeavor to help increase youth political participation...
...National Campaign’s practical ends, which include programs to provide youth interaction with political leaders, greater accessibility to public service internships and a foundation for civic education across the country, can help to reverse the growing divide between young people and the political process. And when young people are active in the political process, they will attract the attention of candidates—compelling legislators to address concerns of a younger voting constituency...
...Helping to reverse the downward trend of youth political participation is a necessity, and Harvard students involved with the IOP can make lasting contributions by inspiring college students across the country to enter the political arena...
...Saturday afternoon last spring, she has already spent the morning interviewing junior counselor candidates for the PBHA’s Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) Summer Program, and gone to a barbeque for the Harvard Homeless Shelter. Now Eskander is on the move once again. At 3:30, she will be down in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston running the BRYE Teen Program, a division of BRYE she helped start. On this particular day, Eskander and her fellow volunteers are taking the students in BRYE Teen to Castle Island to play volleyball. “First we need to stop...
...errors and had an enhanced vocabulary,” says Truong. “I’m now able to do more volunteer work in the community.” While attending the Boston Latin School, near the Harvard Medical School, Truong has begun to work as a youth counselor in the Dorchester area...