In September, Young Invincibles’ New York office launched its second cohort of the Young Advocates program, our semester-long paid policy, and advocacy fellowship, where young New Yorkers learn how to build campaigns for change on their campuses and across New...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2020 Contact: Juan Ramiro Sarmiento (785) 760-6567 | juan.sarmiento@younginvincibles.org Statement on SCOTUS Appointment Washington, DC – Last Saturday, President Trump announced his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, tapping Judge Amy Coney...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/23/2020 Contact: Juan Ramiro Sarmiento (785) 760 6567 | juan.sarmiento@younginvincibles.org Today’s Decision is Emblematic of a Rotten System (Washington, DC) – Moments ago, Attorney General of Kentucky, Daniel Cameron (R-KY), announced the Jefferson County Grand Jury’s decision...
College students are in truly unique situations and they need more than a rent moratorium. Their campuses are closed, they have lost their jobs, and are separated from their families. At no fault of their own, many off-campus students can’t...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/18/20 Contact: Juan Ramiro Sarmiento (785) 760 6567 | juan.sarmiento@younginvincibles.org Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Washington, D.C.) – Moments ago, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman and...
Today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a resolution calling on the president to use executive action to broadly cancel student debt. The resolution comes as nearly 43 million Americans hold more than $1.5...
Today, a coalition of diverse organizations including the National Network for Youth, Pay Our Interns Action, Sunrise Movement, Roosevelt Network, UnidosUS, and Young Invincibles released a 100 Day Plan for Young America for a renewed Administration and the 117th United...
Millennials and Gen Z together now make up the largest eligible voting bloc, and Millennials have now surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest population in America. This election will also be the first time a nonwhite majority is the largest...
Moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought S. 178, the ‘‘Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act,’’ to the floor for a vote before the full United States Senate, where it failed. This legislation...
As schools and businesses worldwide have closed in response to COVID-19, many communities have been left in despair. Even before the pandemic, college students were an extremely vulnerable community facing homelessness, food insecurity, and financial hardships. These conditions only worsened...