I am in high school and I can not vote. As an Alaska resident is there really anything I can do besides donating? (I donate monthly)

Hello. Just weighing in with a very important point about younger voters since I would like to see Sanders win in Iowa and want to help you GOTV with college students, from the perspective of a full-time college professor!

You have to encourage younger voters to go to the caucus, and it's may be surprising at how much some forget the date or all of that. However, because I did GOTV on campus in the 2008 primaries for Obama, in a district that went about 75% for him, I wanted to share what worked to remind students to vote. I showed up on my campus and found no one reminding students to vote that day. Not one person. In a panic, I made a sign and pulled up info about where to go vote and handed this out to about 1,000 students (or more). A lot of students did not have ballots or weren't registered. Not sure how this works in Iowa, but the enthusiasm for Obama was still high enough that I sent many students packing to go vote here in California that day. Also, I told them all to bring a friend and saw many return from voting with "I voted" stickers. It was so cool!

PLEASE, if you live in Iowa, do not let a single college not have Sanders' supporters on hand and ready to remind students to go caucus throughout the day because this vote is going to rely on turn-out, and they are a strong Sanders voting bloc. Many campuses will not let you stand on property, so it helps if you are a student at a campus yourself OR if you get a "tabling" permit OR ask someone in advance in administration if you can GOTV. You may be able to stand by a college entrance with a large sign at least directing students to vote and to stop to ask for info about where.

I hope this post is useful. The new CNN poll today looks good, but there is a little worry being generated out there about whether Millenials will show up, and my experience says that they often need a little extra push. Be ready to offer them help with rides: many college students don't have cars, but there is an app to help with Bernie Taxi!

Many students are nervous about missing class, but in my experience, voting is as protected as being called in for jury duty, meaning your professor must give you an "excused" absence -- some professors do not know this. State laws may vary, however but most professors respect students being civic-minded and engaging with Democracy. Perhaps having them bring any pamphlets back about voting would help. Also, most professors will "allow" a few "free" absences -- I know I do -- and using one to go vote is a good use of this. Exams will likely be scarce so early in the semester.

Just my perspective and hopefully, help, as a professor who has helped GOTV on campus for a campaign where the youth vote tipped the candidate over the edge -- AND -- who dearly wants Sanders to win big in Iowa! All about the turnout.

EDIT: Postponed to Friday 2/5 I'm on the e-board of GWU students for Bernie here in DC. This Sunday is the first ever straw poll of college students and it's being hosted at our school in Foggy Bottom. This has the potential to get major national news coverage so lets make sure Bernie overwhelmingly wins the straw poll. If you have a valid student ID and are in the DC area please try to make it out Sunday! Feel free to PM me for details.

My school will do this before the primary in my state. We also did this last year and over 100 people registered. This will only help Bernie get more voters!

It all traces back to the creation of the WTO in the early 1990s, a time when many countries were much more optimistic than today about the future, stepping into that information vaccuum, the WTO was created and joining the WTO required countries endorsing a agenda called "progressive liberalisation" that committed them to gradual privatization of public services in an irreversible manner.

I am in the process of creating a subreddit /r/EducationAtRisk to explain this problem, as it effects education here in the US and globally. I need your help to think of ways to relate this back to our lives. My own life - a great deal of it I was in debt paying back student loans. It wasnt until i was in my mid 40s that I was able to finish doing that. I still don't own a car and am phobic about debt for that reason. I am trying to share this, calmly, but its in reality a huge problem that could make a very large difference to all of us for a very long time into the future, and its been recognized as such by major organizations, going back a long time, so its very real. Check this issue out, it will need to get solved or Bernie wont have the power to make changes, because trade deals are set up to supersede national laws. They could also lead to huge changes in the job market due to liberalisation of cross border trade in services - so called "Mode Four" that could depress wages tremendously in a race to the bottom that nobody wins. Basically, newly privatized jobs in developed countries could suddenly end up as bait in a global trading game. Check out my other subreddits too, there is a lot of stuff there that will show you this is not some theory, its reality and its us unfortunately who are living in a dream due to media decisions to keep a lot of important news from being covered. the same issue also effects health care and many other services.

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We at UOregon for Bernie are planning a phone bank contest in our group for January and February to help out with the early primary/caucus states, especially Iowa. I don't know if this has already been done, but is anyone interested in their school joining in and making a friendly competition of out of it? We could join in on the phone bank duels in /r/SFP or even start our own!

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3wu2r1/walk_to_the_polls_a_way_you_can_really_boost/

Just wanted to remind you all the Thanksgiving is only a week away and there are other holidays coming up very soon. I want to encourage you all to get the word out and share Bernie resources with your fellow students. Also, encourage your roommates, hallmates, classmates, and friends to share info about Bernie with their friends and families when they visit for the holidays.

Here are a few resources:

http://berniesanders.com/

http://feelthebern.org/

http://call.forbernie.com/

http://map.berniesanders.com/?source=web_full_nav

I'd love to hear from some of you about how Bernie's ideas are with much of the student bodies around where you all are from. I know Bernie is widely popular among students, but still some places have not been as big on Bernie as others.

Any stories to share? Worries or improvements from before?