Elections 2008: Sign the Youth Agenda!

How will you feel on November 5, 2008?

Chances are, you'll either be ecstatic or crying hypsterically, depending on who wins the presidential election. But as campaign anticipation fades and the reality of a new administration sets in, we'll be looking for our next president to turn those lofty campaign promises into practical agenda items.

That's why WireTap, as a member of Generation Vote, is proud to introduce the Youth Agenda. Organizers representing upwards of 1.5 million young people from 20 organizations chose their top eight issues. As the first ever national issues agenda written by youth organizers from around the country, the platform is a national call to action around issues such as education, jobs and healthcare. The goal is to present our issues to the next presidential administration and rally them to take action. Less than two weeks after the election, young people from around the country will meet in Oakland at the Youth Policy Summit to strategize effective actions.

According to Mattie Weiss, Director of Campus Camp Wellstone and GenVote member, "We came to the pretty movement-changing realization that to win on all of these issues, we’ve got to start by winning on one."

You can get involved, too. Take a look at the agenda, endorse it and pass it along.

Still need more information? We sat down with Mattie to talk about the significance of the Youth Agenda.

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