Winning the Future with Young Americans An E-Book Summarizing 100+ Youth Roundtables 2011 Whitehouse.gov/YoungAmericans “Regardless of your political affiliation, you’ve got to be involved, especially the young people here, your generation. If you don’t give us a shove, if you don’t give the system a push, it’s just not going to change. And you’re going to be the ones who end up suffering the consequences. But if you are behind it, if you put the same energy and imagination that you put into Facebook into the political process, I guarantee you there’s nothing we can’t solve.” - President Barack Obama April 20, 2011 Palo Alto, California Facebook Town Hall Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 A Note About the Numbers: ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Your Most Important Issue ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Overall Issues Discussed + Breakdown ......................................................................................................................... 5 5 Ways to Take Action ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Roundtable Locations .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Campus of the Commonwealth Student Governments (March 19th, 2011) .................................................................. 15 GenerationOn (March 21st, 2011) ................................................................................................................................ 16 Youth Service America (March 22nd, 2011) .................................................................................................................. 17 Colin Powell Middle School/Rich South High School (March 23rd, 2011) ..................................................................... 18 Young People from Phoenix Arizona (March 25th, 2011) ............................................................................................. 19 Pi Sigma Alpha, Sigma Phi Chapter (March 25th, 2011) .............................................................................................. 20 Cleveland Young Professional Senate (March 28th, 2011)........................................................................................... 21 ACT Missouri (March 30th, 2011) ................................................................................................................................. 22 Local Investment Commission (LINC) (April 1st, 2011) ................................................................................................ 23 MN Alliance With Youth (April 2nd, 2011) ..................................................................................................................... 24 Mary Nelson’s Youth Day Foundation (April 2nd, 2011) ................................................................................................ 25 California Coalition for Youth (April 5th, 2011) .............................................................................................................. 26 Association of Big Ten Schools (April 6th, 2011) .......................................................................................................... 27 Association of Big Ten Schools (April 6th, 2011) .......................................................................................................... 28 Association of Big Ten Schools (April 6th, 2011) .......................................................................................................... 29 Young Arab & Muslim Americans from Arizona State University (April 7th, 2011) ........................................................ 30 College of Wooster Student Government Association (April 7th, 2011) ........................................................................ 31 Youth Development Institute (April 8th, 2011) ............................................................................................................... 32 Miami Dade College (April 8th, 2011) ........................................................................................................................... 33 ASU College Republicans (April 8th, 2011) .................................................................................................................. 34 ND Department of Human Services (April 9th, 2011) ................................................................................................... 35 Millennium Campus Network Chicago District (April 9th, 2011) .................................................................................... 36 Georgetown University (April 12th, 2011) ..................................................................................................................... 37 Georgetown University (April 12th, 2011) ..................................................................................................................... 38 West Virginia Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (April 12th, 2011) .............................................................. 39 Texas Tech Student Democrats (April 13th, 2011) ....................................................................................................... 40 Ilisagvik College (April 13th, 2011) ................................................................................................................................ 41 American High Speed Rail Alliance (April 14th, 2011) .................................................................................................. 42 PRIDE Youth Programs (April 14th, 2011) .................................................................................................................... 43 Macon PALS (Peers Advocating Leadership & Service) (April 14th, 2011) .................................................................. 44 The College of Wooster Student Government (April 14th, 2011) .................................................................................. 45 Harvard Institute of Politics (April 14th, 2011) ............................................................................................................... 46 Millennium Campus Network (April 14th, 2011) ............................................................................................................ 47 Miners Without Borders (April 15th, 2011) .................................................................................................................... 48 Millennium Campus Network (April 16th, 2011) ............................................................................................................ 49 Ivy League Project (April 17th, 2011) ............................................................................................................................ 50 Feminist Unmodified (April 17th, 2011) ......................................................................................................................... 51 Kent County-Michigan State University Extension 4-H Youth Development (April 17th, 2011) .................................... 52 Cardinal Stritch University (April 18th, 2011) ................................................................................................................ 53 American Geological Institute (April 18th, 2011) ........................................................................................................... 54 University of St. Thomas (April 19th, 2011) ................................................................................................................... 55 University of Florida Graham Center for Public Service (April 20th, 2011) ................................................................... 56 Delta Phi Epsilon-Pi Chapter-American University (April 20th, 2011) ........................................................................... 57 American High Speed Rail Alliance (April 20th, 2011) .................................................................................................. 58 Florida A&M University (April 21st, 2011) ..................................................................................................................... 59 Edward Waters College (April 21st, 2011) .................................................................................................................... 60 Florida State University (April 21st, 2011) ..................................................................................................................... 61 Wharton Energy Club (April 21st, 2011)........................................................................................................................ 62 Santa Cruz Energy & Resource Collaborative (April 21st, 2011) .................................................................................. 63 Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program (April 22nd, 2011) ............................................................... 64 Brookdale Community College (April 22nd, 2011) .......................................................................................................