We're Young, Informed and Progressive!
Our mission?
Committed to increasing the awareness and vote for local progressive politics: we Engage, Educate and Act.
We are working locally towards:
- Civil rights for all regardless of race or sexual orientation
- Health care that is affordable and available to all
- The right for all to a quality education
- Environmental Sanity
- The right of every citizen to determine his or her own reproductive health care.
Just after the 2004 election a crew of us in our 20s and 30s shook our heads at the results in disbelief... We noticed we were all shaking in unison and so YPM was formed!
We got to talking and all agreed that 1) the country needs some help and 2) our generation usually doesn't have a pile of money to offer the causes we believe in. BUT, we DO have our time, energy, innovation and youth. And we know a lot of people like us - who want to talk politics over drinks, who want to be informed and inform others, who don't want a lot of newsletters and empty talk, and who might even give over a few hours a month to a good project if someone plugs them in.YPM is made up of painters, poets, musicians, actors, organizers, computer whizzes, designers, young politicos, philanthropists, consultants... In short, Young Los Angeles. Only one of us has modeled in Japan, but all of us get that it's time to stand together, unwaveringly young and progressive. We hope you'll join us...