The Nation

A few announcements about opportunities with six great orgs:

• The annual Campus Progress national conference is just around the corner (July 8th). Check out conference info here.
• The Nation and Brave New Films are teaming up to recognize outstanding, under the radar activism by young people. You can find out more - including how to nominate someone - over here.
• Democracy for America is offering scholarships to Netroots Nation. Apply here.
• Mobilize.org is gearing up to award a number of $3 - 5k grants to Millennials working on projects supporting clean elections. If you can't make Netroots Nation, they are holding a conference on the subject in Denver in July (The Democracy 2.0 Grant Summit, Money in Politics). More info here.

Two interesting opportunities:

• The Nation is running its second annual writing contest. All high school or college students are eligible. Contestants must submit an 800 word essay on "the most important issue facing young voters in the 2008 election." 5 finalists will receive $200 and have their essays published on The Nation website. The winner will receive $1,000 and have their essay published in the magazine. Apply here.
• The New Organizing Institute is accepting applications for its summer boot camp. This is a one week, all expense paid boot camp in political campaigning. I've attended an NOI training myself. This is really something to do if you can swing it. Applications for early admission are due April 9th. Regular admission deadline is April 30th. Details here.

Future Majority got a shout out from Sam Graham-Felsen on The Notion, one of the blogs hosted by The Nation. Sam is making some great points about youth representation in the media. Check it out.

Welcome Nation readers. (Cue traffic spike).

Sam Graham-Felsen, who covers the youth movement beat for The Nation, was on the ground at yesterday's NYU protest. Watch his video report or read his thoughts on the day - which echo my own - here on The Nation's blog.