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Where do young people come down on questions of faith, values, and public life? How do they relate their values to public policy issues including education, economic inequality, and the environment? These questions, critically important for the 2012 election, are at the center of a campus conversation being organized by the Berkley Center and Georgetown University. This blog features an ongoing conversation about these issues between students selected as Millennial Values Fellows through a national competition. You can read and comment on their blogs here.To learn more about the project, visit the Campus Conversation on Values page.
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Millennials on Social Media and Politics
November 15, 2012
Millennials on Social Issues and Diversity
November 12, 2012
Hira Baig (Rice) on Why the Presidential Election Matters to Millennials
November 7, 2012
Millennials on Religion and Interfaith Work
November 7, 2012
Ryan Price (Drake) on E Pluribus Duo
November 6, 2012
Mohammad Usman (DePauw) on Unpredictable Millennials
November 5, 2012
Millennials on Affirmative Action Policy
November 3, 2012
Seth Warner (Vassar) on What Happens as the "God Gap" Widens
November 2, 2012
Josina De Raadt (Dordt) on How Social Media Is Like Wii Bowling
October 31, 2012
Zachary Yentzer (Arizona State) on the Next Greatest Generation
October 29, 2012
Brice Ezell (George Fox) on Post-Racial America? Race, Millennials, and the 2012 Election
October 25, 2012
Tyler Bishop (Vanderbilt) on a Future of Hashtags #whatitmeansforus
October 23, 2012
Brice Ezell (George Fox) on How the People Can Heal a “Divided,” Partisan Nation
October 4, 2012
Hira Baig (Rice) on Religion and American Democracy
October 4, 2012
Tyler Bishop (Vanderbilt) on How It’s All About Relatability: Voter Turnout
October 3, 2012
Josina De Raadt (Dordt) on Mistaking Politics for a Hollywood Blockbuster
October 2, 2012
Mohammad Usman (DePauw) on the Internet Solution
October 1, 2012
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Diverse, Disillusioned, and Divided: Millennial Values and Voter Engagement in the 2012 Election
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RELATED RESOURCES: VALUES
Red and Blue Nation? Volume I: Characteristics and Causes of America’s Polarized Politics
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Red and Blue Nation? Volume II: Consequences and Correction of America’s Polarized Politics
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Catholic Attitudes on Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Comprehensive Portrait from Recent Research
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Religion and the Tea Party in the 2010 Election: An Analysis of the Third Biennial American Values Survey
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Ted Dooley (Boston College) on American Values
March 19, 2012
Opportunity is the American way. Whether it is giving the educational foundation that enables us to have the opportunity of success, the freedom to vote for political figures, become activists for civic causes, or the ability to speak our minds without fearing repercussions. Over the past several years, we have seen a rise in riots and outbursts of public decry in places across the world where there is a lack of freedom and a lack of opportunity. We need to look no further than to the Arab Spring or the Elections in Iran to see examples of these events in the media, and around the world.
Here in America, however, no matter what political persuasions we may have, we always unite behind the value of freedom and opportunity. In our country, if you disagree with a policy or the direction we as a country are heading in, you have the freedom to vote for whomever you may please, and the opportunity to become part of the civic process, to put yourself in the civic battleground and run to become a civil servant yourself. From different economics and social backgrounds, all Americans across the country, have time and time again shown the world that when freedom is in sight, when opportunities are available, citizens will rally to these causes. They will fight for them, they will rise up to them, and they will champion freedom.
These values that we all share have transcended the mere continental borders of our great nation – they have found their way to the internet, to the waves of social media that have taken over the media across the world, and they penetrate even the deepest levels of cultural solitude. These values are no longer values that solely unite America; they are now values that unite us all.
These values that we all share have transcended the mere continental borders of our great nation – they have found their way to the internet, to the waves of social media that have taken over the media across the world, and they penetrate even the deepest levels of cultural solitude. These values are no longer values that solely unite America; they are now values that unite us all.