"Liberty starts locally, and it must start now!" James Lomax -- 18 year-old councilman candidate

Have you seen what's happening in America lately?

No, I don't mean changes happening in D.C., I'm talking about youth, rising to the occasion, mobilizing to win on the issues whose time have come!

There have been tremendous victories as of late for the youth movement for localism, liberty and responsibility. The mission of Year of Youth is not only resonating with youth, it is catching on virally all across America!

Just look at James Lomax, an 18 year-old (now that's youth!) running for city-council in Alabama. He sees the mission statement of Year of Youth as essential to our future.

Just take a look at his campaign announcement video picked up by the media!

What is the most important thing we pull from his recent coverage is just how responsive people are to the message of the youth movement rising for localism and liberty.

Friends, colleagues, peers, and fellow youth of the nation, I am happy to present you all the new, exciting fresh face for America: Year of Youth's new logo!

The symbolism of the logo is very strong, two sides, coming together under the youth banner, reaching to the top, for victory! I would like to thank all of you who contributed to the design process to afford us this new logo; it surely represents all of us, and well.

We announced the new logo this past Monday morning exclusively to Year of Youth sign-ups. If you have not yet, make sure to join the ranks right away so you can receive future critical updates to your inbox that only members get to see.  Additionally, do check out the alternative version of our logo and consider sponsoring students for the next phase of Year of Youth!

Additionally, during April, Year of Youth will be launching the most ambitious training project for localist, liberty loving youth to have ever existed.

To help me kick off that campaign, please change your facebook default picture to the below--let's send Congress a message that the youth care about freedom and taking care of the problems of society on their own terms, not on the terms of some D.C. insider or bureaucrat.

See you on the frontlines,

Jared Fuller
Executive Director
Year of Youth

P.S. If you're not a member of Young Americans for Liberty, make sure to join YAL right away and enter project code Year of Youth to be the first to hear of our revolutionary April project!

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In just 10 days, we received 390 design submissions for Year of Youth's new logo!

Here's the skinny: Open this link in a new tab on your browser, check out the 13 finalists, & then cast your vote below... pretty straightforward.

Click here to check out the finalists and then vote below in our poll to tell us which one is your favorite!

Calling all graphic artists!

Want to win $350 by designing Year of Youth a new, awesome logo?

Then hop on board and get in the game by reading the brief, and submitting your designs to our contest on 99Designs.com.

Click here to view the contest, the brief, and submit your design.

When the logos start to roll in, you can vote on your favorite by commenting on this post here:

Post your votes below in the comments section when they start to come in, and tell your awesome, liberty-loving friends who have a knack for graphic design!

I am happy to report that Jackie Silseth, Executive Secretary and Volunteer Director to Year of Youth has been nominated for the Students For Liberty Student of the Year!

Congratulations Jackie! Year of Youth would not be complete without your consistent dedication to localism and a freer society!

Speaking of volunteer coordination, did you hear that the Core-Team Application Process is now back online? Better check it out, applications are flooding in!

Give Jackie some work by starting the application process today!

I am excited to announce that the user-generated organizational tools of YouthLibertyFront.com have officially, as of 1/1/10, launched as the place for youth interaction and involvement!

Year of Youth is proud to have such a community driven online environment to organize to take back America, and the content thus far has been amazing!

Just take a look at some of that great content in the form of our user-generated tools such as the forums, blog, chat, and much, much more!

There are many ways to get involved at YLF, so get involved today!

I recently chimed in on the blog with my post of our Articles of Perception:

January 1st, 2010 the most powerful youth organizing site for liberty to have ever existed will launch.

Under the Year of Youth banner, we will all rise... Are you ready?

Year of Youth is proud to announce that we have officially brought onto our Executive Board John L. Baird!

John will serve as Archchancellor Secretary Minister of the Departmental Bureaucratic Ministry for YOY Academicals... just kidding.

John is now Year of Youth's Education Director.  As the Education Director John is helping to lead the Intelligence set of our Core-Team and is working closely with each subdivision to ensure we are able to clearly articulate the ideas of a local, liberty-loving society.

Thanks to some very hard, back-end work by our core team members, our donation page and paypal accounts are finally set up! All contributions are made via our secure server and are 100% reliable.

Please check out the page and consider making your contribution of $500, $250, $100, or even $25 today!

In short, we have been operating on essentially no budget and are now beginning to experience rapid growth!

The youth are rising, will you stand with us?

Year of Youth will settle for no less than a peaceful revolution of ideas and political practices. The message of liberty, localism, and the decentralization of power are ideas whose time has come.

We shall take back our future and place the deciding power back into our own hands; no longer will debauched politicians have the final say on where our lives are headed.

We are Year of Youth, and our time is NOW.

Please take the time to learn more about YoY:

1. Read our Manifesto
2. Learn our Vision
3. Learn the Issues whose time has come
4. Meet our wonderful team
5. Join our ranks
6. Apply to be a part of our core team

Thanks for being a part of the movement; we are standing together to successfully orchestrate the largest political project in recent U.S. history. Hundreds of youth candidates will soon be running from coast to coast, forever changing the face of U.S. politics.

A generation rises... Will you stand with us?

Jared Fuller
Executive Director
Year of Youth

P.S. Thank you to the wonderful people who made this new and fabulous website possible. Without your generous support, we would not have been able to launch such an amazing site in so early a stage of our formation. Rest assured, however, this phase of our site is only the beginning!