NYRA Timeline

From YRN

Mod Note: I have locked this page because it is constantly vandalized. If you want something added or changed, let me, Jason, Adam or Alex know.
--Adam K 21:26, 28 Dec 2005 (CST)

Contents 1 1998 2 1999 3 2000 4 2001 5 2002 6 2003 7 2004 8 2005 9 2006 10 2007 11 2008 12 2009 13 2010

1998

• June 17 - NYRA incorporated

1999

• September 30 - First DC Curfew Protest, in Dupont Circle
• December - NYRA's first chapter, NYRA-American University, formed.

2000

• April 14 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz delivers keynote address to Hewlett Model Congress in Long Island New York
• June 19 - NYRA-Ottawa County holds formation meeting in Holland, MI
• October 28 - Annual Meeting held at American University; Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Adam Fletcher, Joe Zefran, Dustin Manuel, Beau Daniel Sanchez, and Alex Cotoia elected to the Board

2001

• May 16 - First e-mail sent on the NYRA-USA Mailing List
• June 24 - NYRA recruits 125 members at first recruiting event, a Green Day concert at American University
• July 24 - Inaugural issue of NYRA Freedom published
• July 29 - Koroknay-Palicz makes first appearance on CNN
• July - Robert Grant resigns as Treasurer.
• July - Chris Manley appointed as Treasurer.
• October 20 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz facilitates a "break-out session" at an ACLU conference on school violence.
• November 10 - Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC; Christopher Coes, Alex Cotoia, Matt Herman, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Chris Manley, and Mark Stanford elected to the Board

2002

• January 10th - Alex Koroknay-Palicz delivered a speech to 120 Washington, DC high school students attending a conference with the Washington Close-Up Foundation.
• February 8 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz speaks in the Hart Senate Office Building to the Junior State of America conference
• April 16 - NYRA-AU hosts Sarah Fitz-Claridge to talk about Taking Children Seriously
• April 20 - NYRA tables at DC Peace Rally
• May 9 - Koroknay-Palicz appears on CNN International
• September 7 - Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC; Avi Hein, Kathleen Miller, Jack Ternan, Chris Manley, Brad White, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Darren Alcorn, Christopher Coes, and Rich Jahn elected to the Board

2003

• January 4 - NYRA-DC reforms at Cleveland Park meeting, elects Laura Finstad new President
• January 29 - Scott Davidson begins writing NYRA Freedom
• April 25 - NYRA-DC members picket outside a Takoma, DC 7-11
• August 9 - Annual Meeting held at American University; Christopher Coes, Laura Finstad, Rich Jahn, Jason Kende, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, DeWarren K. Langley, Johnathan McClure, Kathleen Miller, and Brad White elected to the Board.
• September 17 - Story about lowering the voting age, with a quote from NYRA, featured on the AOL Welcome Screen, seen by millions

2004

• January 25 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz speaks at the National Conference on Organized Resistance about youth liberation
• March 3 - Robert Reynolds leads rally to lower the voting age in Berkeley, California
• March 12 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz appears on Times Square jumbotron screen to discuss lowering the voting age
• May 5 - Committee hearing for California bill to lower the voting age
• May 7 - Benefit show for NYRA-DC at Electric Maid
• August 14 - Annual Meeting held in NYC; Scott Davidson, Rich Jahn, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Jackie Fuller, Robert Reynolds, Kevin Keenan, Scarlett Swerdlow, Keith Mandell, and Arpan Patel elected to Board
• August 24 - NYRA Forums upgraded to vBulletin
• October 23 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz appears on Fox News to discuss lowering the voting age
• December 4 (approximate) - NYRA reaches 5,000 members
• December 31 - Brad White appears on Fox News to discuss lowering the drinking age

2005

• January 9 - NYRA-Vermont holds first meeting
• February 1 - First Florida chapter is formed - NYRA-Gainesville
• March 2 - West Wing Episode seriously discussing whether to lower the voting age airs.
• March 28 - Vermont Campaign to lower the Drinking Age begun
• April 10 - Horde leaves Vermont
• June 1 - Alexis Grant speaks on teen driving panel hosted by USA Today
• June 4 - Last e-mail is sent on the NYRA-USA Mailing List
• June 6 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz appears on Fox News to discuss the driving age
• June 8 - NYRA representatives, including executive director Alex Koroknay-Palicz, and NYRA-NYC president Ana Hevesi speak at New York City Councilmember Gale Brewer's press conference proposing a voting age of 16 for local elections.
• June 19 - NYRA Hires Alex Koroknay-Palicz full time
• July 6 - NYRA election began
• July 25 - NYRA-Orange County begins operation, with a strong focus on lowering the voting age.
• August 6 - Annual Meeting, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Robert Reynolds, Scott Davidson, Keith Mandell, Chris Howell, Katrina Moncure, Luke Caralize, Pamela Tatz, Jay Leff elected
• August 11 - Koroknay-Palicz gets an office, provided by the Center for Voting and Democracy in Takoma Park
• Novmber 3 - NYRA's first intern, Vera Zolotaryova, begins work at Takoma Park office
• November 15, Adam King joins the staff of the newsletter NYRA Freedom.
• December 8 (approximate) - NYRA reaches 6,000 members
• December 15 - NYRA-Monroe County (Rochester, NY area) starts up, becoming NYRA's 11th local chapter.

2006

• January 3 - Time Warner gives NYRA its first grant
• January 6 - NYRA was hacked by an outside group causing temporary destruction
• January 20 - NYRA-Bergen County (in New Jersey) approved
• February 23 - Adam King begins his campaign to add a student advisor on the Buncombe County (N.C.) Board of Education
• April 3 - Adam King introduces the proposal to the school board
• May 3 - Adam King speaks to the school board for the second time
• June 1 - Adam King speaks to the school board for the third time
• July 20 - Adam King hosts a press conference about his school board campaign
• August 3 - Adam King's proposal was rejected at his fourth school board meeting
• August 5 - Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, CA; Jessica Campbell, Scott Davidson, Zach Hobesh, Alex Hull-Richter, Adam King, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Keith Mandell, Katrina Moncure, and Pamela Tatz elected to the Board
• December 8 - NYRA receives grant from the Babson Foundation

2007

• March 19 - NYRA joins SSDP in rallying in front of the US Supreme Court to support student free speech rights in case of Morse v. Frederick which was being argued
• April 18 - Scott Davidson and Alex Koroknay-Palicz testify against bill to restrict youth attendance at clubs at DC committee hearing
• July 28 - Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC; Alex Hull-Richter, Adam King, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Keith Mandell, Katrina Moncure, Stefan Muller, Jessica Roeder, Yonaton Yares, and Adam Zarnowski elected to the Board

2008

• August 2 - Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC; Justin Graham, Jason Kende, Eric Kim, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Keith Mandell, Katrina Moncure, Stefan Muller, Chip Sinton, and Yonaton Yares elected to the Board

2009

2010

• April 5 - NYRA-Austin: Peeps4Change approved.
• August 7 - Annual Meeting held in Washington, DC; Jackie Ferro, Jenny Harkin, Nigel Jones, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Hal Levy, Keith Mandell, Katrina Moncure, Jeffrey Nadel and Usiel Phoenix elected to the Board