NEW REPORT!! Millennials, Activism and Race

KEY RECOMMENDATIONS on the political engagement of young people:

• Develop and use frames and narratives that offer clear alternatives to individualism and competition, emphasizing positive values such as unity, equity, inclusion, linked fate and shared prosperity.
  Create opportunities for young people of color to share personal stories that highlight human impacts and connections to lived experiences.
  Encourage conversation, learning and strategizing that explicitly address systemic racism, and create tools that equip young people with the skills to use an intersectional analysis to challenge multiple, interconnected systems of oppression.
  Bridge dissimilar organizations and communities so that young people can build multiracial, intergenerational power, emphasizing connections from Occupations to those from other kinds of social justice work.

PRESS RELEASE here.

KEY FINDINGS include:

• Race matters – a large majority of young people assert that race is still a significant factor within various systems, such as criminal justice, education, employment, and immigration.
• Millennials are not monolithic – there are differences in how young people of different races and ethnicities view the extent and continued significance of racism in various systems of society.
• Racism is often defined in interpersonal terms – though most young people of color have little problem labeling an entire system as racist.

PRESS RELEASE here.