The role of the RHODE ISLAND YOUNG DEMOCRATS (riyoungdems.org) and the RHODE ISLAND YOUNG REPUBLICANS (riyr.org) is cultivating future party leaders and working with their respective state parties to coordinate outreach for social events, voter registration drives, and debates. The COLLEGE DEMOCRATS and COLLEGE REPUBLICANS have chapters that similarly participate in outreach for the state parties.
Throughout Rhode Island, news junkies and political activists electronically gather on such blogs as the liberal RHODE ISLAND’S FUTURE (rifuture.org), the conservative ANCHOR RISING (anchorrising.com), and the Phoenix’s NOT FOR NOTHING (thephoenix.com/notfornothing).
Blogs provide activists with a forum in which to exchange ideas, promote issues, and seek volunteers.
So there you have it. Both Rhode Island and the United States face no shortage of daunting challenges, and activists could help to make a difference. As the old activist saying goes, after all, you’re either part of the problem or you’re part of the solution.
Meghan Grady, an executive board member of the Rhode Island Young Democrats, has been an activist since she was in the 2nd grade. She can be reached at meghan_grady@yahoo.com.
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