Kids Voting Durham

Check out these Youth Leadership Opportunities for 2008!

GIVE SOUTHERN GROWTH POLICY BOARD A PIECE OF YOUR MIND!

Southern Growth Policies Board announces two new opportunities to share your opinions and ideas about how we can best engage youth and young adults in strengthening Southern states and communities.

ON-LINE SURVEY

Southern Growth Policies Board has launched its 2008 on-line survey to ask Southern youth and adults for their opinions and ideas about these and other important questions. The survey takes only a few minutes to complete. To participate, go to http://www.southern.org/surveyintro.shtml. Please share this link with others and encourage them to participate as well!

ENTER THE futureSOUTH VIDEO CONTEST & WIN AN iPOD NANO!!

Southern Growth Policies Board is looking for video messages from concerned Southern youth and young adults between the ages of 14 and 24, telling leaders and adults in their communities what they think about the future and where they see their place in it. The winning video message will receive an iPod Nano, while two runners up will each receive a $25 VISA gift card. But more importantly, the winners' videos will be shown to leaders from 13 member states at Southern Growth's June 2008 conference, Youth: The Real Future of the South and will be distributed as part of the 2008 "Voices of the South" DVD.

Contest details and a registration form can be found at http://www.southern.org/conference/2008videos.html or go to http://www.youtube.com/group/southerngrowth and watch our video, then send us your video response!

Durham’s youth have spoken, and results of Kids Voting 2007 Elections show they tend to favor the same leaders as our community’s adult voters. Read the full press release.

Kids Voting Durham is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that aims to help our community's youth understand and believe in the power they have as active citizens and informed voters. We foster involved, well-informed citizens and future voters by educating and involving young people and their families in voting and other elements of effective civic engagement. Students learn about and experience democracy through a combination of classroom and community activities, an authentic voting experience, and community & family dialogue.

Kids Voting Durham’s work is made possible through its partnerships within the Durham community including schools, teachers, election officials, businesses, community leaders, and a corps of hundreds of dedicated volunteers. These partnerships, the support Durham County, and the resources provided by Kids Voting USA enable Kids Voting Durham to be a very cost-effective organization, providing educational and voting experiences to over 35,000 Durham County K-12 students for less than $1 per child.