MyVoice is a text messaging platform that reaches youth across America. We’re also a close-knit group of real people who are energized and committed to amplifying youth voice through technology, scholarship, and advocacy. Among our members is Katherine Jones, a former student athlete, woodworker, and public policy wonk, who is…
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A new session of MyVoice surveys will be starting later this month. In the meantime, here are some news outlets (60+ and counting) that have featured your actual quotes and voices on the issue of gun regulation. In this new year, MyVoice is more fired up than ever! Ready to bring your thoughts and experiences to the legislators and decision makers shaping the health, happiness, and futures of youth.
MyVoice is passionate about asking questions--we survey over 1,500 youth from across the United States in weekly, text message surveys. For a change of pace, MyVoice leader and amateur Twitch commentator, Tammy Chang, sat down with the Institute of Health Policy and Innovation to answer some questions about MyVoice.
MyVoice is a national survey project, but our roots are in southeast Michigan and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. This summer, MyVoice has been co-hosting local pop-up events. It’s given us a chance to meet youth and families and to listen to what they think about our project and…
MyVoice loves Key Club! MyVoice leader and Key Club alumna Tammy Chang traveled to Chicago this summer to deliver the keynote address at the International Convention of Key Club International.
From BuzzFeed to the American Medical Association, folks are talking about MyVoicers’ thoughts and opinions on gun regulations. MyVoice recently published a research paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association – Pediatrics entitled “Youth Opinions About Guns and Gun Control in the United States.” The study finds that…
The 2018 MyVoice Annual Report is a token of gratitude to the 1500+ voices, and 340,000+ text messages, from youth across all 50 states. It's an act of love, in service of our mission to lift up the voices and experiences of today's youth in ways that help local and national leaders create more youth-friendly policies and programs.
MyVoice performed on stage at Chicago’s Writers Theater with college students from the University of Michigan, in an experimental approach to sharing our research and mission. There were Dear Evan Hansen songs! Spotlights! Set pieces from the 1970s! And MyVoice researchers, Tammy and Kendrin, explaining how MyVoice bridges the gap…
From predicting the next president to deciding the products sold in major stores, public opinion polling is a powerful tool to capture societal trends, values, and behaviors. This month, MyVoice leader Tammy Chang travelled to the premiere conference for public opinion pollsters, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)…
MyVoice highlights the real experiences and opinions of youth on important health and health policy issues. This May, members of the MyVoice team traveled to the nation’s Capitol to share findings from several MyVoice surveys at the national conference for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). Here’s Christine…