National Youth Rights Association

The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) is a youth-led civil rights organization in the United States promoting youth rights,[1] with approximately 10,000 members. NYRA promotes the lessening or removing of various legal restrictions that are imposed on young people but not adults, for example, the drinking age,[2] voting age,[3] and the imposition of youth curfew laws.[4]

For U.S. horse racing facility operator known as NYRA, see New York Racing Association.
National Youth Rights Association
NYRA logo
Formation1998
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Membership
10,000 members
Websitewww.youthrights.org
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Governance

NYRA is a 501(c)(3) organization registered as a nonprofit corporation in Maryland.

It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, including Brian Connor (President) .[9]

NYRA also maintains an influential Advisory Board, including Scarlett Swerdlow of Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Kevin Keenan of American Civil Liberties Union-San Diego; Adam Fletcher of The Freechild Project; Dr. Robert Epstein, author of The Case Against Adolescence; Dr. David J. Hanson of Potsdam University; activist Bennett Haselton of Peacefire; Grace Llewellyn, author of the Teenage Liberation Handbook; Dr. Mike A. Males, author of Framing Youth and of University of California, Santa Cruz; Dr. Roderic B. Park of University of Colorado; Nadine Strossen of the American Civil Liberties Union, and; Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H, of the American Council on Science.[10]

See also

References
  1. "National Youth Rights Association". National Youth Rights Association. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "National Youth Rights Association » Drinking Age". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "National Youth Rights Association » Voting Age". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "National Youth Rights Association » Curfew". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. Age Is Just a Number - washingtonpost.com
  6. "JURIST - Hotline: Sixth Circuit ruling on Confederate flag ban is an attack on students' rights". Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-06.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. National Youth Rights Day. Official website.
  8. The Young Person's Bill of Rights. Robert Epstein in celebration of the First Annual National Youth Rights Day on April 14, 2010.
  9. Board of Directors. National Youth Rights Association official website. Retrieved 07/29/17.
  10. Board of Advisors Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine. National Youth Rights Association official website. Retrieved 1/3/09.
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