Political & Advocacy
We are a Gen Z-led youth organization on a mission to build students’ political power to ensure the cost of higher education never prevents students from pursuing their dreams. We get young people to exercise their political power and co-create the change they want to see.At RISE, we’re unleashing the youth wave — the next generation of civic leaders who will reshape the future of our country.Founded in 2017, RISE is a college student and youth-led nonprofit fighting to make higher education accessible and affordable for all by building students’ political power. Rise creates campaigns to advance policies and strategies to make college more accessible and affordable, and mobilizes students and young people to become lifelong voters. Rise’s track record of major wins includes: launching or scaling free college for thousands of students across states including California, Georgia, New Mexico, and Wisconsin, and contacting a combined 1 million youth voters since 2018. We activate youth around an issue they are passionate about — the college affordability crisis. We build students’ political powerby training them to advocate for college affordability and bring their voices to the ballot box to make sure our elected leaders work to support this vision.Rise works to drive policy change related to establishing and protecting young people's right to higher education and a just democracy. We believe these two issue areas are interconnected and have the potential to impact racial, social, and economic inequities in the U.S.
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