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Headquartered in New York, Roosevelt Institute Campus Network currently has 8,500 active members and over 100 established chapters both in the United States and Canada.

[edit] PurposeIdea Incubator

When asked for money, young citizens gave what little they could; and when asked for bodies they joined protests, voter-registration drives and neighborhood canvasses to get out the vote. But no one ever asked them for ideas. The purpose of Roosevelt Institute Campus Network is to establish the public policy think tank with the input from young people. By bridging the idea gap in communities and the nation, a new generation of progressive leadership could thrive and burst forth on the nation’s political stage.

[edit] Distinct Differences From Other Offerings[edit] The Roosevelt LegacyAs part of the Roosevelt Institute, Roosevelt Institute Student Focus Campus Network holds is the strong objective first student-run, bottom-up policy organization. Throughout 9 years of development, students have published thousands of promoting ideas and carrying forward the legacy and values held hundreds of Franklin events and Eleanor Rooseveltconferences. Campus Network has a strong connection with While the other two members of the Roosevelt Institute family: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museumsame vision is shared across chapters, campaigns are designed and the Four Freedoms Centerconducted with maximized freedom at each chapter. With the influence of the Roosevelt legacy, the Institute has established a solid system of resources Students hold full responsibility for policy making. It also brings to policy debate a variety of people, from students to influential thinkers and analysts such as Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, and Rober Johnson, former chief economist to the Senate Banking Committeecreating change.

[edit] The Student FocusLocal Engagement Sometimes a policy change does not have to happen on Capitol Hill. A small change in a city or a community is enough to improve many lives. Campus Network is has a special focus on addressing the first studentlong-runterm need of a community by creating sustainable and reproducible solutions,such as starting a mentorship program for juvenile offenders, bottom-up updating the school bus route system in a community or advocating for minorities. A focus on local policy organization. Throughout 9 years of development, students have published thousands of work enables Campus Network to test students’ ideas and held hundreds of events and conferences. While radiate the same vision is shared across chapters, campaigns are designed and conducted with maximized freedom at each chapter. Students hold full responsibility for creating changebest practices nationwide.

[edit] Local EngagementSometimes a policy change does not have to happen on Capitol Hill. A small change in a city or a community is enough to improve many lives. Impact Achieved For Students and Campus Network has a special focus on addressing [edit] Publications From Young Think Tanks As one of the long-term need most important channels of idea dissemination, a community by creating sustainable and reproducible solutions,such as starting variety of publications have played a mentorship program for juvenile offenders, updating the school bus route system key role in a community or advocating for minoritiespromoting policy changes. A focus on local policy work enables Campus Network to test students’ few examples are the “10 ideas Series”, “Rooselvet|Thinks” and radiate “Blueprint for Millennial America.” A student can submit publications as an individual or the best practices nationwidechapter he/she belongs to.

[edit] Impact Achieved For Students and Campus[edit] Publications From Young Think TanksAs one of the most important channels of idea dissemination, Pipeline Fellows Program Roosevelt's Pipeline Fellow Program provides Millennials a unique way to promote their ideas for change in a variety of publications have played community or a key role in promoting policy changescity. A few examples are the “10 ideas Series”The Pipeline network unites an entire city of progressives together to work on local issues, “Rooselvet|Thinks” with funding and “Blueprint supplies from the national headquarters in New York. Pipeline offers a great opportunity for Millennial America.” A student can submit publications as an individual or the chapter he/she belongs people who already graduated from college tostay active with progressive movements while still maintaining a career.

[edit] Pipeline Fellows ProgramRoosevelt's Pipeline Fellow Program provides Millennials a unique way to promote Activities at Individual Chapters Many chapters have their ideas for change own journals and projects, in a community or a city. The Pipeline network unites an entire city of progressives together to work on which many are aimed at local issues, with funding and supplies from the national headquarters in New York. Pipeline offers a great opportunity Students obtain firsthand experience of policy making by providing ideas for people who already graduated from college to stay active with progressive movements while still maintaining a careerthose issues.

[edit] Steps Required To Bring Resource to CampusThere are three ways to join the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network: Start a chapter at your university -- get active.Publish your ideas.Apply to the summer program and other internships in New York. [edit] Contact InformationTaylor Jo EsenbergNational DirectorRoosevelt Institute570 Lexington Ave., 5th FloorNew York, NY 10022Phone: (212) 444 - 9130tisenberg@rooseveltinstitute.org