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35: 168:. Halperin was succeeded by Anne Johnson, and then by Maggie Thompson, who formerly led the Higher Ed, Not Debt campaign. The current executive director of Generation Progress is Brent J. Cohen. As of 2021, Edwith Theogene is the current director of advocacy at Generation Progress. 137:, 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. Their main issue areas cover 585: 615: 600: 538: 610: 126:
political and social policy through support for young people, students, and young activists in the United States. Generation Progress is the youth engagement arm of the
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Generation Progress has a sister organization, Generation Progress Action, that engages in political and electoral advocacy activities in elections.
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The organization held it first yearly national conference in Washington D.C. in July 2005. The event featured President
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in an attempt to curb rising student debt through a proposal which would lower interest rates and increase taxes.
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Generation Progress has programs and multiple networks across issue areas. The organization lobbies
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From the organization's founding in 2005 until 2012, Generation Progress was led by
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Political and economic think tanks in the United States
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Student political organizations in the United States
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Campus Progress

Non-profit
youth activism
Washington, D.C.
Center for American Progress
genprogress.org
research
advocacy group
progressive
Center for American Progress
gun violence
criminal justice reform
student debt
David Halperin
Bill Clinton
Congress
state governments
Elizabeth Warren
Bill Clinton
John Lewis
Barack Obama
Tammy Baldwin
Samantha Power
Majora Carter
James A. Forbes
Nancy Pelosi
Russ Feingold
Keith Ellison
Tom Daschle

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