Readers particularly interested in generational theory and characteristics of Millennials are strongly encouraged to read the many relevant books published by William Strauss and Neil Howe.

Books

Bagby, Meredith. We’ve Got Issues. New York: Public Affairs, 2000.
Behr, Gregg et al. The Content of Our Character. Durham, NC: Kenan Ethis Program, 1999. See: contentofourcharacter.org.
Cherny, Andrei. The Next Deal. New York: Basic Books, 2001.
Clayton, Zach, et. al. Freedom’s Answer. Washington, DC: Freedom’s Answer Foundation, 2003. See: freedomsanswer.com.
Lobel, Paul Rogat. Soul of a Citizen. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Males, Mike. Framing Youth, Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1999.
Sam, Cousin. Youth Quake. Victoria, Canada: Trafford, 2002.
Schneider, Barbara and David Stevenson. Ambitious Generation. New Haven: Yale University, 1999.
Sitaraman, Ganesh and Previn Warren. Invisible Citizens. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2003.
Strauss and Howe. Generations. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
            The Fourth Turning. New York: Broadway Books, 1997. See: fourthturning.com.
            Millennials Rising. New York: Vintage Books, 2000.
            Millennials Go To College. New York: Life Course Associates, 2003
Tapscott, Don. Growing Up Digital. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Wimsatt, William. No More Prisons. Chicago: Soft Skull Press, 1999.

Websites

Please see our links page for many many many more links!

The Alliance for Justice.
Arsalyn Foundation
Alliance for Better Campaigns
Books Not Bars
Campaign for Young Voters
Channel One Television
Department of Labor
Center for Voting and Democracy
FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 2001.
Freedoms Answer
Heart of America Foundation
Human Rights Campaign.
Mobilizing America’s Youth
National Center for Education Statistics
Numbers USA (Immigration info)
Peace Fire
Rock the Vote
Taking it Global
Teen Power Politics
United Leaders
Vote for America
What Kids Can Do
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
“Key Findings on Opportunities for Candidates: What are Youth Looking For?” Center for Democracy and Citizenship.
Youth Activism Project
Youth Vote
Youth In Action and the Global Youth Action Network
YouthNOISE
National Youth Rights Association (NYRA)
Youth Venture
Youth Service America

Text References

      Here are the full citations for references that were abbreviated in the footnotes.

Abbreviations
2000 NYP             2000 National Youth Platform Foundation of America: Youth in Action
ABCampaigns            Alliance for Better Campaigns
AP            Associated Press
CampusKids            Schneiders / Della Volpe / Schulman, “Campus Kids: The New Swing Voter.” Harvard University, Institute of Politics Spring Survey, 5/21/03.
Census U.S.            Bureau of the Census
CDC            Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ChiTrib            The Chicago Tribune
CIRCLE            Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. The University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. www.civicyouth.org
DivGen            “Diverging Generations.” Bositis, David. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2000.
Future500            Future 500. Active Element Foundation. New Orleans: Subway & Elevated Press, 2002. p. 3.
Gallup            Gallup Poll News Service, The Gallup Organization. www.gallup.org
KFFSurvey            Kaiser Family Foundation. “New Survey Shows Most Young Adults have Strong Opinions on Top Campaign Issues, But Many Still Not Planning to Vote.” Press Release 09/25/00. kff.org/content/2000/3058/PressRelease.PDF
LATimes            The Los Angeles Times
Millennials2College            Howe and Strauss, Millennials Go To College, New York: Life Course Associates, 2003. p. 24.
NASSMillennium            National Association of Secretaries of State. “New Millennium Project Part I: American Youth Attitudes on Politics, Citizenship, Government and Voting.” 10/2/99 www.stateofthevote.org
NatYouthSurvey2000            Raducha, Peter. “Preliminary Results of a Nationwide Survey of Youth.” Oregon State University: The Program for Governmental Research and Education, 07/00. oregonstate.edu/dept/pol_sci/pgre/gyan.htm
NCES            National Center for Education Statistics, See: nces.ed.gov
NewStudentPolitics            “The New Student Politics.” Long, Sarah, et al. Campus Compact, Providence, RI, 2002. p. 20.
NYPost            New York Post
NYT            The New York Times
NNYKit            Hughes, Della, Miriam Rollin and Cassandra McKee, “2001 Advocacy Kit.” Washington, DC, National Network for Youth, 2001. p. JJDPA-5.
Project540            “Project 540: Students Turn for A Change” Kelly, Angela, ed. 2002, Providence College.
Reuters            Reuters News Service
Salon            Salon.com Magazine
SF Chronicle            The San Francisco Chronicle
Time            Time Magazine
TrustMatters            Trust Matters, “Is Anyone Listening.” An Issue Report from the Partnership for Trust in Government. N. 1, Spring 2002. See: youngcitizensurvey.org.
UCLA/HERI            L.J. Saxs, A. W. Astin, W. S. Korn, and K.M. Mahoney, The American Freshman (Higher Education Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles), published annually since 1966.
UCLA/HERI30yr            Astin, Alexander, et al, The American Freshman: Thirty Year Trends. Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, 1997.
USNews            U.S. News and World Report
WashPost            The Washington Post