Peter Levine at Harvard’s Askwith Forum
CIRCLE Director Peter Levine will speak at an Askwith Education Forum. The topic is “Keeping Hope Alive: Capitalizing on a New Era of Youth Civic Engagement”
Preliminary CIRCLE Projection: Youth Voter Turnout Up
About 22-24 Million Young Americans Go to the Polls: Up by at Least 2.2 Million from 2004 Young voters favor Obama over McCain 66% to 32%; 18% of all voters were young
Three New Volunteering Fact Sheets
by Karlo Barrios Marcelo July 2007 Using data from the Census Bureau’s 2006 Current Population Survey (CPS) September Volunteering Supplement, these fact sheets provide volunteer rate statistics, as well as information on how youth become involved in volunteer organizations, the types of volunteer activities, volunteer rates by geographical region, and median volunteer hours. Volunteering Among Read More >
Youth Volunteering in the States: 2002 to 2006
by Sara E. Helms and Karlo Barrios Marcelo Updated July 2007 ***2006 Volunteering Data Now Included*** Uses the Current Population Survey (CPS) September Volunteer Supplements from 2002-2006, administered by the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Offers a breakdown of volunteer rates by states and age groups. Download “Youth Volunteering in Read More >
Mark Lopez at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free (OSDFS) 2007 National Conference
Aug 2, 2007, 8am, Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C. Session Title: How children and youth have changed over the Past 20 Years; what we can expect in the next decade regarding students, and what this means for reprogramming