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App offers civil setting for political debate among Gen Z
Social media is one of the biggest platforms for political conversation, but it more often becomes an echo chamber and home for bitter sniping rather than a place for healthy debate.
That's why Aidan Stephen and Eli Plotkin created YapPolitics, a space where people, especially the 24 million members of Generation Z who are eligible to vote, can discuss political issues online. The pair of high schoolers hope their mobile app can foster civil engagement among people of all ages, backgrounds and political affiliations.
Debate
Why we should bring our politics to the table
What if bringing your politics to the table made a conversation productive? At the Future Summit, young lawmakers are not asked to drop the letter behind their name; instead, they are asked to leverage their legislative experience in order to co-create innovative policy solutions, writes Layla Zaidane, president and CEO of Millennial Action Project.
Podcast: Democracy -There's an app for that
In this episode of How to Win Friends and Save The Republic, a podcast from the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, special guests technology gurus Sara Gifford and Victor Allis talk about their app, ActiVote, which helps people increase their civic engagement by completing meaningful, daily actions.
Community
Introduction to Collaborative Discussion
This is the first of five sessions for 'Introduction to Collaborative Discussion," an online course that the Interactivity Foundation is facilitating in partnership with the Diversity Relations Council at Leisure World. The five class discussions for this course are participatory, interactive, and additive—they build on the ideas discussed and developed in prior sessions by the participants.