Youth Voice at the National Conventions

America’s Next Generation of Leaders
Youth Leadership Survey Concept paper excerpt
Prepared by the Rocky Mountain Leadership Institute

Overview
In advance of the 2008 national political conventions in Denver and Minneapolis, a national poll of issues and concerns to America’s youth will be conducted via the internet in more than 2,700 high schools across the country. The results of the survey will form the basis of a Youth Platform to be presented to the delegates of the DNC and RNC conventions. The polling process will serve to engage America’s youth in a substantive civic dialogue and provide an opportunity for the country to listen to what is important to its future leaders.

Our students will help design the poll, conduct the survey and join a group of youth in the Rocky Mountain region to draft a youth platform based on the survey results.