Discussion on public-participation-checks-balances-voting-conflict-reduction
Rex
On Thursday, October 4th, 2007, 50 youth leaders worked together at
the Democracy 2.0 Summit in Washington D.C. The Summit, a national
movement instituted by Mobilize.org, is a way to bring attention to
the ideas that America's youth has to offer. Democracy 2.0 is designed
to address the civic participation needs and interests of the
Millennial Generation (targeting the 16-30 age group).
Mobilize.org has worked for the past year to survey young people about
what they feel is an issue in both their own community and on a
national level. This consensus among the youth of America has been
addressed during the Summit in order to produce the Democracy 2.0
Declaration. This declaration represents what the youth believes is
working and is not working in the current democracy of the U.S.
The declaration serves as a foundation for political candidates to
understand what the youth of America feels strongly about. The
Declaration will be shared with 435 youth representatives at
Mobilize.org's Party for the Presidency, an event in Hollywood, CA
that will take place December 29-31.
Democracy 2.0 was launched to upgrade and renew our political process
in America by providing guidelines for positive social change that
take advantage of both the tremendous passion of today's youth leaders
and the powerful social networking and technology tools they are using
to create communities.
Mobilize.org is here to listen and help instigate change within the
youth of America. You can get involved by going to www.mobilize.org
for more information.