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This category is intended for political and issues-oriented organizations for secondary school and college or university students, whether activist or philosophical in orientation. Organizations can either be a single group or a larger network.

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YPA - Young Politicians of America
Expands the democratic experience of the youth in the United States.

Notre Dame Progressive Student Alliance
Students working for progressive social change at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN.

PIRGs Student Projects
Public Interest Research Group student activist programs focus on hunger, homelessness, and student rights.

Yale Political Union
The YPU is a prominent forum for campus politics founded in 1934 "to combat the insular and apathetic Yale political culture."

Students for an Orwellian Society
Description of group, aims, achievements and contact information. Humor.

180 Movement for Democracy and Education
National left-wing student movement working to transform schools and communities into truly democratic spaces.

Churchwatch
A student organization dedicated to keeping church and state separate.

The Century Institute
Dedicated to introducing undergraduate students to the progressive tradition in American public policy.

United States Student Association
Network of US college and university student governments working for student interests.

Canadian Federation of Students
Network of Canadian university and college student governments.

Princeton Committee Against Terrorism
Princeton University activist group standing with America in these difficult times.

Yale Independent Party
We debate current political and ethical issues facing society today. Our members include Democrats, Republicans, Socialists and others at Yale University.

GenerationVote.com
GenerationVote is a non-partisan website that provides political information and resources for a new generation of voters.

Columbia Student Solidarity Network
Coalition of progressive activist groups at Columbia University.

JustAct: Youth Action for Global Justice
Promotes youth leadership, action for global justice, and networking of youth and student groups.

May Fourth Task Force
The Kent State student organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the students shot and killed by Ohio National Guard at an anti-war protest on May 4, 1970.

Campus Activism
An extensive database of student activists, groups, resources, and events. Activism tools.

Nuevo Movimiento Independentista Juvenil
Youth organization in Washington, DC that advocates independence for Puerto Rico. Includes a summary of Puerto Rican and Vieques history.

Northeastern University Progressive Student Alliance
Progressive group working for social justice both within the Northeastern University community and globally.

International Union of Students
Independent federation of left-wing and alternative student unions from around the world.

Student Resistance at UT
UT Watch is a student-based watchdog group for the University of Texas at Austin that promotes campus democracy and affordable higher education.

UK Leftist Student Union
University of Kentucky student organization dedicated to peace activism, grassroots democracy, human rights, economic justice, personal empowerment, and environmental protection.

Columbia Political Union
Engages the Columbia University community in an ongoing discussion of political ideas.

Student Global AIDS Campaign
A national student-based grassroots organization dedicated to ending the global AIDS pandemic.

Politically Active Students Association
Organizes politically active students in Texas. Focuses on progressive issues.

Sanlakas Youth UPDiliman
Sanlakas Youth UP- Diliman is an activist group that empowers filipino youth.

Literary, Speech and Debate Society of Monmouth College
An organization at Monmouth College in Illinois aimed at increasing the political awareness on the campus and competing in speech and debate tournaments.

The National Youth & Student Peace Coalition
A coalition of national student activist groups in the US working for peace, increased educational funding, and in defense of civil liberties.

Student Peace Action Network
National network of US student peace groups.

Florida College Activist Coalition
Coalition of progressive activist college students in Florida.

Northeast Student Environmental Action Coalition
A regional network of student and youth environmental and social justice activists in northeastern United States.

Students Against Sweatshops GVSU
Grand Valley State University chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops in Allendale/Grand Rapids, Michigan.

United Students Against Sweatshops
National network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses.

Campus Anti-War Network
Network of campus anti-war groups in the US.

STARC Alliance
Students Transforming And Resisting Corporations is a national network of progressive student and youth activists.

Mount Vernon Peace and Justice Club
A site that shovels through the corprate media to the truth ;one promoting life and not endless war ; one out to inform people of threats to humanity.

Climate Campaign
Northeast student environmental networks working to make our schools and our states stop global warming.

Raise Your Voice Northeast
Mobilizing northeast students to get involved in public affairs.

Montana Campus Compact
Promotes student service activities in Montana.

Womyn's Empowerment Action Coalition
Feminist student group at Kansas University.

Raise Your Voice
Promotes student involvement on a national level in community work, activism, leadership, and civic growth.

Boston Mobilization
A progressive network that educates, empowers, and organizes Boston students and local residents to work for social justice.

Ontario Public Interest Research Group at Windsor
Encourages progressive activism on the University of Windsor campus.

Feminist League of Organized Resistance
Feminist student activists at the University of Louisville.

Berkeley Watch
A watchdog group working to promote democracy, social responsibility, transparency, and academic freedom on the campus of UC Berkeley

Green Fire
Lawrence University student activist environmental group.

Dirty Hands Collective
A radical collective based in Durango, CO working towards a more just and free society.

Students for Social Justice
Student activists at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

Maine College Action Network
Network of student activists in Maine.

Student Farmworker Alliance
Network of students and community activists struggling for justice for the farmworkers.

SEA Change
Student social and environmental activists at the University of Maine in Farmington.

Drew University Alliance
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight students at Drew University.

CC Left
Uniting leftists on the Connecticut College campus.

Duke Student Action with Farmworkers
Duke University students working for farmworker justice.

Students For The Draft
A spoof site about the military draft.

Sonoma State University MEChA
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan from Sonoma State University.

Texas Alumni for Social Responsibility (TASR)
We seek to end UT's business relations with environmentally and socially irresponsible companies.

Democracy Project
Promotes involvement in Canadian politics and progressive social change.

Dublin University Philosophical Society
The world's oldest debating society brings guests from around the world to speak in Trinity College Dublin.

Washington University Progressive Action Coalition
A coalition of progressive groups at Washington University in St. Louis.