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Bridging Political Divides Among Youth, with Mary Hunt and Brett Levy (University at Albany, SUNY)

July 30, 2024

How can young people living in vastly different communities learn to understand each others' political perspectives? The Youth Civic Connections Project aims to answer that question. This episode explores the origins of this project and how it will expand this fall.

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