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Next America Members, it’s finally here... After months of debating the tough questions, it is time to pass on your vision to the decision makers of today. Join us on June 22, 3:00-6:00pm at CSIS, 1800 K St. NW, for a discussion with Derek Chollet, principal deputy director for policy planning at the State Department, leading young professionals, and YOU!

More speakers to be announced in the coming days. To RSVP, email NextAmerica@csis.org. Look out for a formal invitation in your inbox.

Next America’s partner, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) is hosting an outstanding line-up of senior-level speakers this weekend and you are invited. Young professionals and students are invited to join discussion groups on a wide variety of foreign policy topics ranging from NATO expansion, to microfinance, to Africa & Defense. Space in each track is limited so you will have the opportunity to directly engage senior decision makers.

This Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 1:00pm - 2:30pm, CSIS will host Next America Advisory Board Member and renowned pollster, John Zogby, for a discussion of his new book, The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report On the Transformation of the American Dream.

Zogby sheds light on how Americans and the “Global Generation” are redefining the American dream and shaping a new American identity of compassion, internationalism and “cultural consciousness”.

Purchase your ticket today for the Next America Inaugural Ball: A Millennials’ Celebration!

The Ball will be held on January 18, 2009, 8:00pm-12:30am. Join us for a night of dancing and mingling with Next America Members and Friends. Tickets are $75 and include wine, beer, signature cocktails and hor d’oeurvres.

Black-Tie Optional. Special foreign policy guests invited.

Next America is pleased to announce the Next America Inaugural Ball: A Millennials’ Celebration, January18, 2009. All Next America members and friends are invited to join us for this evening of celebration and unity. More details, including how to purchase tickets, will be released after the New Year. Mark your calendars now and keep your eye out for your official invitation!

Special guests and entertainment will be announced in January. Black Tie Optional.

Care about climate change? Concerned about the economy? Next America wants to know, what is your biggest priority for the next administration?  Listen to students and young professionals in a new podcast series featuring members like you.

Post a comment here or send us an email at nextamerica@csis.org to be interviewed for this series.

Ever wish you had total access to get your pressing foreign policy questions answered? Given the chance, what would you ask U.S. Department of State Spokesman, Sean McCormack? Now is your opportunity.

Next America is co-hosting Mobilize.Org’s Money In Politics Democracy 2.0 Grant Summit this weekend at CSIS, 1800 K St. NW. On September 19-21, the Summit is bringing Millennials together to address the critical issues of Campaign Finance Reform and Transparency.  Interested in solving policy challenges using 2.0 tools such as texting, Facebook, Twitter, wikis, mash-ups and blogging? Check out the summit this weekend and shape your own grassroots solutions.

Interested in learning more about how you can begin to address global development?  On August 5, 2008, 9:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., the Next America Project, Student Movement for Real Change (SMRC), and Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) will host a conference to discuss what young people are doing in the non-profit sector and how youth can affect meaningful change.
 

Today former Vice President Al Gore, issued a “generational challenge to repower America,” calling for the United States to commit to producing “100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.”   Vice President Gore urged that energy is the common thread running throughout all major challenges facing the United States today, including the state of our economy and national security.