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John,
There is no such thing as an off-year for the Alliance. Here is the latest on what we have been up to and how you can take action with us.
TAKE ACTION WITH US
[[link removed]]Next month: #DreamsNotDebt
We’re making some noise around student debt and college affordability! On June 7th, we will launch a week of action dedicated to amplifying the local work of the Alliance Network organizations and target elected officials to pass policies like student debt cancelation and the College for All Act. Take action now and submit your own story of how student debt or the high cost of college has impacted your life.
Tell us your student debt story [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Today, May 20th: Mental Health Action Day
The Alliance for Youth Action is joining over 1,000 brands, nonprofits, government agencies, and cultural leaders in the first-ever Mental Health Action Day. We're encouraging and empowering young people to take action for their mental health while amplifying the need to address the many barriers and challenges that young people face in accessing mental healthcare. Young organizers are working around the clock to build just and safe communities. It’s important that we have systems in place to be able to prioritize our mental health. Learn more at MentalHealthActionDay.org [[link removed]] .
ICYMI
Listen to SiriusXM Interview
[[link removed]]Have you seen these youth voter turnout numbers?! [[link removed]] We cannot stop talking about the 11-point increase in youth voter turnout from the 2016 to the 2020 election. Listen to Alliance Executive Director, Sarah Audelo, on the Laura Coates Show [[link removed]] explain why young people turned out in big numbers last fall. Spoiler alert: issues matter.
Watch our chat with Chicago Votes
[[link removed]]Did you catch our Instagram Live last week? [[link removed]] We launched a new series called Alliance Chats where we talk with organizers in the Alliance Network about how they are building power with young people in their communities. Watch our first chat with Katrina Phidd from Chicago Votes and learn about their brand new film, “Silenced: An Unlock Civics Documentary”.
Campus Takeover is bigger and better than ever this year
This year, along with our partners the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, we are expanding the program! Campus Takeover will now include other civic holidays in the fall like National Voter Education Week and Vote Early Day in addition to National Voter Registration Day. To participate in Campus Takeover, you must be registered as a Partner with Civic Holidays. You can sign up to be a Partner here:
Sign up here [[link removed]]NEWS FROM THE ALLIANCE TEAM
Staffing Updates:
After four years working non-stop to support the Alliance Network, Jacque Grimsley left the Alliance in late April. She’s now serving in an exciting new role as Chief Operating Officer at Priorities USA. Jacque came to us from one of our badass network organizations, New Era Colorado, and led us through an epic scaling of revenue, disbursements, staff, and supporting affiliates in all things operations and finance. As we moved into 2020 with the largest budget and national staff in our history, Jacque joined the Executive Team to ensure we had what we needed to thrive by managing the Board and operations team as well as leading annual planning and evaluation. We will miss Jacque, but we can’t wait to see her continue making an impact in the progressive sector.
[[link removed]]Join us as we congratulate Amit Mistry on his promotion to Deputy Executive Director of Network Strategy. In his new role, Amit will manage the data and program teams and help guide the network forward as we head into 2022. Amit has done an excellent job since joining the team last April as the Senior National Data Director. In that role, he excelled at building relationships with stakeholders, supporting data needs across the network (including building a department), helping to develop our voter contact program, and more. We look forward to seeing Amit grow in his new role!
[[link removed]]Next week: 2020 Annual Report Release
2020 was a massive year for the country and young people made their voices heard. We never could have imagined how youth-led organizations in the Alliance would so brilliantly rise up to meet the moment and lead our country forward. Our Annual Report details just how network organizations did it and contributed to record-breaking youth voter turnout [[link removed]] . Stay tuned!
As always, thank you for supporting our work and the work of youth-led organizations across the country as they continue building the world we deserve. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!
With appreciation,
Sarah Audelo
Executive Director

Alliance for Youth Action
915 5th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
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