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Stereotypes Aside, Millennials Are Acting for Change

Achieve

Millennials (born 1980-2000) have been tarred by the same brush for quite a while now: Apathetic. 2017 Millennial Impact Report. prove not only millennials’ passionate concern for others, but the unique form of activism they’re engaged in to effect societal change. Self-centered. Not politically active. But they need to.

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Lessons From MCON on Millennial Engagement and Membership

Associations Now

MCON, the millennial conference, showcased research and ideas from those working in the social impact sector, including how to engage millennials in small-step activism. Last week, I attended the millennial conference— MCON 2017 —in Washington, DC. Small-Step Activism for Millennials.

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Report: Millennials Rank Education, Healthcare and Employment as Top Election Issues

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New research from Achieve investigates millennials’ ongoing cause engagement behaviors during a presidential election year. Today Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, released the second wave of research from the 2016 Millennial Impact Report. The second wave of data surveyed millennials from June through August 2016.

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The Case for Treating Your Event Like a Culinary Experience

Associations Now

According to food writer Eve Turow, we have millennials to thank for this new national obsession. Through interviews over and over again, I kept hearing that people want something that’s tangible, that they can see and feel and smell and taste and that [millennials] are the guinea pigs of growing up in that [digital] world.”

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Waiting for Your Call: Asian American Millennials

Achieve

They’re also the group with the lowest percentage of voter turnout, including among Asian American millennials. of the 2017 Millennial Impact Report, The Power of Voice: A New Era of Cause Activation and Social Issue Adoption. Though Achieve’s sample was relatively small, Asian Americans made up 5.5