Kevin Killer used his 2006 Young People For (YP4) fellowship to educate people on his reservation about a ballot initiative that would have banned civil unions.
Coming from an area with 70 to 80 percent unemployment, he's now a trainer with Campus Camp Wellstone and has been elected President of the YP4 Network.
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This is a list of upcoming events which have been posted by YP4 fellows and staff. If you're a fellow, you can create an event using the "Create content" link in your MyYP4 box.
2008 Summer Organizing Fellowship: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Date: 06/09/2008 - 12:00am - 08/15/2008 - 12:00am
Location:
New York?
Description:
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
2008 Summer Organizing Fellowship
June 9, 2008–August 15, 2008
About the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
We are the uncompromising national voice for full LGBT equality.
The Task Force creates change by building LGBT political power from the ground up.
YP4 Brown Bag Lunch on Common Ground!
Date: 07/18/2008 - 12:30pm
Location:
The YP4 New York Offices
149 5th Ave., 7th Fl
New York, NY 10010
Description:
Calling all — yes, all — interns based in New York City!
Young People For (YP4), a program of People For the American Way Foundation, will host four brown bag lunches throughout the summer.
The first lunch will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, July 18 in our office on the seventh floor of 149 Fifth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets). We’ll focus on the intersections among issues of education, economy, the environment and equal rights. Food and drink will be provided, so all you have to bring are your opinions!
The lunch is open to all but especially intended for interns at progressive organizations. It will be a great opportunity to meet other young progressives, talk about our main issues, and explore how we can come together to achieve our goals.
A World Beyond Capitalism
Date: 10/25/2008 - 2:30pm - 10/26/2008 - 6:00pm
Location:
Olympia, WA
Description:
A World Beyond Capitalism
4 Years Strong, 3 Documentaries Recorded, 2 Ways To Join us, 1 Mission: Networking and Working Together to Create A World That is Beyond Capitalism!
The Fourth Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference
The Mission Statement:
A World Beyond Capitalism 2008 invites activists to come to the Pacific Northwest in October 2008 and engage in several days of educational discussion and visionary dialogue. This year we will offer a new, radical approach of offering live teleconference of workshops in which the facilitators allow their workshops to be broadcast worldwide!