Quick Hits: Change Begins with Me, Young Elected Officials, and Blue/Green Coalitions

Here are a few more things of interest that have trickled out over the last few days.

Enjoy!

• Via Peter Levine, the Case Foundation has launched "Change Begins with Me," a campaign inviting Americans to go to the organization's website and complete the sentence, "Change begins with me..." The foundation will randomly select one participant who will win a trip to Washington D.C. for the inauguration and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.
• From the LA Times, a nineteen-year-old Cal State Fullerton student won a Placentia City Council seat. And unlike many of the characters in youth political involvement stories this cycle, Jeremy Yamaguchi is a Republican (though he sounds like a Millennial Republican).
• A reflection on YouTube's political use this cycle -- by a YouTube employee.
• Domestic automobiles aren't appealing to Gen Y.
• Harry C. Boyte's commentary on the civic potential of public works projects, like Obama's.
• A University of Arkansas law student argues that the key to a Democratic breakthrough in the Appalachian region is the development of a "Blue/Green" populist coalition (blue collar workers and green voters), citing examples of success. Possibly a good way to bring Boomers and Millennials together?
• Last summer, Congress passed a bill extending the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Dept. of Education is now charged with executing the bill, and it's proposing regulations on how to do just that.