D#7, HW#2 - Annotated Bibliography 7

Armstrong, L. (2006, June 1-7). Youth exhibit activist spirit. New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved July 16, 2007 from ProQuest database.

“Many people believe a lot of negative things about teenagers. Today’s teen is often seen as disrespectful, lazy, self-centered, and destructive. Challenging this is The Brotherhood SisterSol, Inc, a non-profit youth organization based in Harlem which has, through a partnership with Pratt Institute and Action for Community Empowerment, put together an exhibition called “Through Our Eyes: The Life of a Teen Activist In New York,” which sheds a positive light on teens.” This article describes how teens in New York put on display how they feel as youth activists. Several features of this exhibit showed how teens in NY are doing ‘good’ things within their communities and across the nation.

Boggan, S. (2006, November 6). New law lets teens serve at voting sites: Kids under legal age get civics lesson. The Tribune. Retrieved July 16, 2007 from Access My Library Database.

“This is the first year people younger than the voting age of 18 have been able to work at election polling places. Legislation was passed at this year's session allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work at the polls and even get paid for it,” said Gilberto Hoyos, director of elections for Pinal County. The author of this article is a news reporter for the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona. She’s also the new Vice President for Society of Professional Journalists. She maintained an unbiased opinion throughout the article by giving facts and quotes. The reporter quoted five different people with respects to the article. The article shows two things: First, teens want to be involved and second, some adults do recognize they are mature enough to at least work at the polls on election days.

Nardi, E. (2006, September 27). Students lobby for bill aiding poll work: LAFAYETTE: Teens say schools shouldn't lose money if they miss classes to work at voting places. Contra Costa Times. Retrieved July 16, 2007 from Access My Library Database.

This newspaper article is written by a reporter Elizabeth Nardi who is currently still staffed with Contra Costa Times. Although this article does not directly relate with the lowering of the voting age for major elections, it does show that teens are lobbying to make sure high schools are not losing money when the teens work at the polls. The article states that California charges schools $35 per student that is absent per day. The article also included that for Acalanes district last year, that figure totaled $1300. Several sources are quoted within the article.