Democracy — News — YPDA Hawaiʻi

Voters will have their say on a proposed Honolulu Youth Commission

If approved by voters this year, the new panel would advise the mayor and Council on issues critical to younger residents such as climate change.

Please vote, but also volunteer for political races

This is especially necessary for those of us who carry privilege and want to help vulnerable populations.

DemocracyHannah LiebreichOctober 6, 2020Democracy, Voting, elections, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Privilege

Candidate Q&A: State House District 22 — Adrian Tam

Former YPDA board member Adrian Tam’s candidate interview with Civil Beat.

DemocracyCivil Beat StaffSeptember 24, 2020Democracy, elections, 2020 Elections, Hawaii Politics, Hawaii Elections

Thoughts from a first time DNC delegate

Those of us who want to see radical transformations of our society will need to organize in mass numbers beyond the convention to put pressure on all our political leaders, including Vice President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, our future president and vice president.

DemocracyJun ShinAugust 17, 2020Democracy, elections, organizing for our future

Young Progressives Demanding Action host beer tasting event for electoral reform

The Young Progressives Demanding Action (YPDA) Hawaiʻi chapter is hosting a beer tasting event to demonstrate ranked choice voting.

DemocracyKHON2 StaffFebruary 26, 2020Democracy, Voting, Ranked Choice Voting

Give 16-year-olds the right to vote

Rooted in a policy desire to increase the overall size of the potential voting population and also to give younger people a bigger stake in our representative democracy, the movement has seen increased traction particularly as young people graduating from high school face dismal job prospects and skyrocketing costs of higher education.

DemocracyDanny de GraciaFebruary 24, 2020Democracy, Voting, Youth Vote, Civics, Society, Social Good, social justice, Civil Rights

Hawaii’s Young Progressives Demanding Action (YPDA) are poised to make their voices count!

We have been subjected to a spectacle of political spinelessness and lack of moral courage at the highest levels of government in this country. Being close to the energy of the Young Progressives Demanding Action makes one believe that tomorrow will be better.

Cranking up the youth vote: Register when you’re 16

Nonprofit organizations join the state in efforts to establish the voting habit in young people.

DemocracyWill CaronAugust 28, 2018Democracy, Voting, Youth Vote, Civics

Candidate Q&A: State House District 5 – Jeanné Kapela

Former YPDA board member Jeanné Kapela’s candidate interview with Civil Beat.

DemocracyWill CaronJuly 17, 2018Democracy, elections, 2020 Elections, Hawaii Politics, Hawaii Elections