(Orlando, FL) Here is the audio of an interview I enjoyed doing recently on BYU Radio. The conversation ranged pretty widely, but here are a few excerpts (from their writeup):
Lack of engagement among young people is not entirely their fault, says Levine. “Young people are often just not asked to vote,” says Levine. “If someone knocks on your door, you’re more likely to vote. Young people are often left off those campaign lists because they haven’t voted before or they’re considered unlikely to vote. So that becomes a vicious cycle.” …
There is no shortage of engagement among young people in efforts to improve their world –socially conscious hashtag campaigns, boycotts and protests are evidence of that. But engagement in the formal political process is where today’s youth are lacking, says Levine. “Politics needs to make room for youth. The process isn’t committed to them, it’s not reaching out to them and it’s serving up a complex voting system.”
Here is the very first session of Frontiers of Democracy 2014. I open the conference with a statement about the civic renewal movement and then the Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service, Alan Solomont, lays out his vision for the College.
I enjoyed a conversation yesterday on Minnesota Public Radio with host Kerri Miller, my fellow guest Ron Fournier, and many callers, mostly young adults. The topic was billed as “Can the parties motivate young voters to turn out for midterm elections?,” but the discussion was actually much broader than that. It was about the generation’s engagement with politics, civil society, the news, and social entrepreneurship. The audio is here.
WPFW 89.3 FM (Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC and environs) has chosen “We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For” as the theme of their pledge drive this year. People who pledge $50 to the station this morning get a free copy of my book by the same name (and the station keeps the whole $50). Here is the audio of me on WPFW’s “Community Watch & Comment,” discussing the book. My segment starts halfway through, at about the 33:34 minute mark.
The special offer from WPFW will not last long, but I encourage DC-area folks to support the station.
