Letters to the Next President 2.0

Building on the success of the Letters to the Next President initiative in 2008, version 2.0 (L2P 2.0) continues to leverage the excitement of a national election to power civic learning for a new generation of teachers, mentors, and youth. In this hangout, educators described the power of participating in the previous iteration of L2P and highlighted the growing set of opportunities and resources available to educators and mentors in support of youth voice and engagement in the lead up to the 2016 Presidential Election.

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During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtag #2nextprez.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Elyse Eidman-Aadahl (host), Executive Director of the National Writing Project
• Ellen Shelton, Site Director at the University of Mississippi Writing Project and former high school teacher from the Tupelo School District, Tupelo, MS
• Chris Sloan, English & Media teacher at Judge Memorial High School in Utah; Ed Psych & Ed Tech (EPET) Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University
• Michael Thompson, Coordinator of Alternative Licensure and Site Director at the Bisti Writing Project at San Juan College, New Mexico
• Annelise Wunderlich, Youth Participation Manager, KQED

Resources for this webinar:

• Letters to the Next President 2.0
• @2NextPrez on Twitter
• UnSpun: Finding Facts in a World of [Disinformation] by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
• FactCheck.org
• FactCheckEd.org at Annenberg Classroom
• Letters to the Next President page by Chris Sloan at Youth Voices
• KQED Do Now
• What Campaign Issue Is Most Relevant to You? – KQED Do Now
• What Does Being Politically Active Mean to You? – KQED Do Now
• NWP’s College-Ready Writers Program
• hypothes.is