Institute for Youth in Policy
Discourse, with Direction.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Effective Discourse
The Effective Discourse branch’s mission is to expand and deepen the futuristic brand by developing a lasting and active political community through various settings and mediums. This plays into the Institute for Youth in Policy’s greater mission by energizing young people to actively partake in productive discourse through actionable methods of communication.
Civic Innovation
YIP's Civic Innovations department is one of those environments. It is the hub for YIP's miscellaneous pilot programs that allows YIP to launch and grow various creative projects that otherwise wouldn't fit within any other preexisting departments. Projects taken in by Civic Innovations are intentionally diverse, attempting to intersect politics with numerous other industries and fields of study, such as business, computer science, data, writing, and so on. The defining characteristics of the department are very much creative freedom, interdisciplinary excellence, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Policy
Journal
INQUIRY-DRIVEN
The Institute for Youth in Policy's peer-reviewed academic journal is a collection of inquiry-driven papers that employ diverse methods and offer precise, compelling insights.
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Policy Briefs
NONPARTISAN
Simplified breakdowns of the nation's most pressing issues and proposed policies. Nonpartisan policy research briefs so everyone is on the same page.
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Opinion
CROSSPARTISAN
Opinion pieces from the Institute's Fellowship Program. Explore thought-provoking articles from our diverse voices.
Education
The Institute’s Education Department is committed to providing students with thorough knowledge of contemporary political issues and the skills needed to discuss these issues in a productive manner. Not only are civic engagement and civics education lacking among younger generations today, but our harshly partisan political climate is preventing students from understanding the many dimensions of an issue in a way that makes effective problem-solving possible. Our Education team at YIP seeks to change these trends through a nonpartisan, discourse-based approach to civics curriculum.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Institute pioneers student-led, nonpartisan work through policy, innovation, education, and discourse to propel political progress and reinvigorate democracy. The most important part of that reinvigoration process is getting America talking again -- hence, our slogan: discourse, with direction.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Institute has planned a simple three-prong approach that will bring it to the next level.
(1) Building out our brand new Civic Innovations branch, which incubates various creative and world-changing projects oriented towards discourse.
(2) Invest human capital and software resources into the Institute's supporting functions -- effectively modernizing and creating new operational departments and systems.
(3) Expand our direct advocacy through hosting two consistent 100-person policythons per quarter.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
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Institute for Youth in Policy
Board of directorsas of 03/12/2023
Paul Kramer
Luke Drago
Mandy Lau
Adam Blackman
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