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{{Short description|American youth activism organization}}
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'''Generation Progress''' is a youth-centered [[Think tank|research]] and [[advocacy group]] that promotes [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] political and social policy through support for young people, students, and young activists in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genprogress.org/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814162838/http://genprogress.org/about/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2013|title = Our Mission}}</ref> Generation Progress is the youth engagement arm of the [[Center for American Progress]].

Launched in 2005 as '''Campus Progress''', in 2013 the organization was renamed Generation Progress to reflect the group's work to reach beyond college campuses and involve older, working-class, and non-college-bound young people, in progressive activism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/center-for-american-progress-generation-progress-094225#ixzz2cc1ARDW6|title=CAP to unveil 'Generation Progress'|website=[[Politico]] }}</ref> Their main issue areas cover [[gun violence]] prevention, [[criminal justice reform]], progressive economics, [[student debt]], immigration, and climate change.

Generation Progress has a sister organization, Generation Progress Action, that engages in political and electoral advocacy activities in elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pushback.org/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815045142/http://www.pushback.org/about/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2008|title=About Us - Pushback|work=Pushback|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
From the organization's founding in 2005 until 2012, Generation Progress was led by [[David Halperin (political advocate)|David Halperin]],<ref>{{cite web|title=David Halperin|url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/125|website=Berkman Center for Internet & Society|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> former White House speechwriter to President [[Bill Clinton]]. Halperin was succeeded by Anne Johnson, and then by Maggie Thompson, who formerly led the Higher Ed, Not Debt campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genprogress.org/staffs_list/maggie-thompson/|title=Generation Progress Staff Bio - Maggie Thompson|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{dead link|date=August 2024}}</ref> The current executive director of Generation Progress is Brent J. Cohen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genprogress.org/staffs_list/brent-j-cohen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704062846/https://genprogress.org/staffs_list/brent-j-cohen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2019|title = Brent J. Cohen}}</ref> As of 2021, Edwith Theogene is the current director of advocacy at Generation Progress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edwith Theogene|url=https://americanprogress.org/people/theogene-edwith/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Center for American Progress|language=en}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2024}}

== Activities ==

Generation Progress has programs and multiple networks across issue areas. The organization lobbies [[United States Congress|Congress]] and [[State governments of the United States|state governments]], produces media content, and conducts trainings. Generation Progress has worked with Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] in an attempt to curb rising student debt through a proposal which would lower interest rates and increase taxes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stratford|first1=Michael|title=Progressive Push on Debt|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/07/progressive-groups-launch-new-campaign-tackle-student-debt-college-affordability|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=Inside Higher Ed|date=March 7, 2014}}</ref>

The organization held it first yearly national conference in Washington D.C. in July 2005. The event featured President [[Bill Clinton]] and Rep. [[John Lewis]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Faler|first1=Brian|title=Clinton and Other Democratic Leaders Urge Young Liberals to Get Involved|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302118.html|accessdate=17 November 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 14, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Graham-Felsen|first1=Sam|title=Generation Next|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/generation-next|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=The Nation|date=July 19, 2005}}</ref> Subsequent national conferences have featured [[Barack Obama]], [[Tammy Baldwin]], [[Samantha Power]], [[Majora Carter]], [[James A. Forbes]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Russ Feingold]], [[Keith Ellison]], [[Tom Daschle]], [[Ralph Nader]], [[Seymour Hersh]], and [[Fat Joe]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Powers|first1=Elia|title=Organizing the Campus Left|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/07/13/activism|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=Inside Higher Ed|date=July 13, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Ashley|title=Pelosi Draws Cheers at Conference of Liberal College Students|url=http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/23825/|accessdate=17 November 2014|publisher=Kansas City Infozine|date=June 29, 2007}}</ref> The organization's events have been co-sponsored by [[Rock the Vote]] and the [[League of Women Voters]].<ref name=tam>{{cite news|last1=Tam|first1=Ruth|title=Civic groups reach out to blue-collar millennials|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/civic-groups-reach-out-to-blue-collar-millennials/2013/07/17/3871a660-ee45-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html|accessdate=3 December 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Generation Opportunity]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://genprogress.org Generation Progress]
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00454900 Generation Progress on OpenSecrets.org]

[[Category:Political and economic think tanks in the United States]]
[[Category:American political blogs]]
[[Category:Center for American Progress]]
[[Category:Progressive organizations in the United States]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2005]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Student political organizations in the United States]]

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