Over the course of a year, high school junior, Yanine Castedo of the youth-led Providence Student Union organized her community and built support for the Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act which was eventually signed into law in July, 2017.
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New Voices Campaign for Student Press Freedom, Rhode Island
October 6, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- General Issues
- Education
- Human Rights & Civil Rights
- Scope of Influence
- Regional
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- No
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Approach
- Advocacy
- Social mobilization
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Not applicable or not relevant
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups
- Targeted Demographics
- Students
- Elected Public Officials
- General Types of Methods
- Protest
- Community development, organizing, and mobilization
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Propose and/or develop policies, ideas, and recommendations
- Collect, analyse and/or solicit feedback
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Petition
- Community Organizing
- Legality
- Yes
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Express Opinions/Preferences Only
- Formal Testimony
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Individual
- Evidence of Impact
- Yes
- Types of Change
- Changes in public policy
- Implementers of Change
- Elected Public Officials