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Student PIRGs Drive 2006 Youth Vote Turnout

It's clearer than ever that strategic & aggressive efforts to get more young people in the political process works.  According to PIRG/Fund alum Kathleen Barr of Youth Voter Strategies, "Turnout [in the 11/07/06 election] more than doubled in the 36 precincts where groups like the nonpartisan Student PIRG’s New Voters Project actively turned out this age cohort...The Student PIRG’s registered over 75,000 students to vote and ran nonpartisan GOTV operations on 80 campuses in 2006."    For more on youth turnout in the recent election, check out this 11/9/06 news release from the Pew Charitable Trusts and Youth Voter Strategies.

PIRG '30th Anniversary' Achievements: 1972-2002

In 2002, as part of the PIRGs' 30th Anniversary celebration, we catalogued our organizations' policy achievements spanning the three decades.   You'll find the results here: Download 30th_anniversary_results.pdf.   

Randy Shaw's Critique of Activism, Inc.

Check out Randy Shaw's thoughtful criticism of Activism, Inc. here.   Mr. Shaw is the author of The Activist's Handbook, which you can purchase here.