501(c)3 Status Approved!

HIGHLIGHTS Concerned Youth of America is excited

to announce that the Internal Revenue
 CYA’s application for Service approved our application for
501(c)3 status was ap-
501(c)3 status on May 27, 2009. Ret-
proved by the I.R.S. this
roactive to our date of incorporation,
Spring. Now we are a
tax exempt organiza-
March 16, 2007, all donations to CYA
tion! are tax deductible.
Applying for tax exempt status was an
 The beginning phase
extensive process for CYA, but after
of CYA has come to an
end with the approval
prevailing after two years of hard work
of our 501(c)3, but not and focused dedication, we feel that
without some incredi- there is nothing in the near future that
we cannot accomplish. We have come a long way from being wide-
ble accomplishments!
eyed high school seniors, and our experience
This great news could not have come thus far has only fueled our drive to continue
to fight for fiscal responsibility in our govern-
at a better time as the youth of Amer- ment.
ica continue to watch policymakers in
Washington spend money that they do
Inside this issue: not have; the country as a whole is
looking for someone to stand up to
CYA in the Classroom 2 this fiscal irresponsibility that will ad-
versely target our generation, and
I.O.U.S.A. Screenings 2 those to follow us.
As a defining moment for CYA comes
CYA in the Media 2 to pass, it marks not only the exciting
opportunities for future success but
CYA Still in the Media 3 also our extraordinary past accom-
plishments. Please join us in reviewing
CYA on the Issue 3 some of CYA’s great triumphs over the
last two years as we transition into a
CYA Online Initiatives 3 new phase of productivity and achieve-
ment, armed with experience and past Summer 2009
Get in Touch 4 lessons.
Volume V
 CYA in the Classroom
In one of the most valuable and effective We are looking forward to continuing to
programs, CYA board members travelled in speaking at high schools and taking advantage
both their local areas and throughout the of a unique opportunity to reach America’s
country to speak with high school students. future leaders.
We spoke to eight high school classrooms
and assemblies in:

 Andover, MA
Yoni and Caroline talking
to high school students
about the national debt.
 Philadelphia, PA

 Memphis, TN

 Oxford, MS

 Boulder, CO

 Denver, CO

I.O.U.S.A. Screenings
CYA hosted over 17  Houston, TX  Ann Arbor, MI
screenings of the acclaimed
documentary I.O.U.S.A. at  Bloomington, IN The documentary, which
colleges and universities in: explains the dangers of the
 Ithaca, NY rising national debt, fea-
 Boulder, CO tures an appearance by
 Hanover, NH
CYA members at an aware-
 Los Angeles, CA ness rally and interviews
 Chicago, IL
with two of our board
 Des Moines, IA
 Philadelphia, PA members.
 Boston, MA
 Dartmouth, MA
 Miami, FL

CYA in the Media

Apart from appeared on MSNBC’s appeared in radio in-
our appear- Hardball with Chris terviews with campus
ance in Matthews during the radio stations.
I.O.U.S.A., First Presidential De-
Concerned bate.  MTV U music video
Youth of countdown show fea-
America has  Our Executive Director tured a countdown
made numerous appear- Yoni Gruskin appeared designed and pre-
CYA’s “Prisoners” of the on CNN’s American sented by CYA, which
ances in the media:
national debt appear on
Morning. included songs rele-
Hardball.
 CYA board members vant to money and
 CYA members have spending.
CYA Still in the Media
 Furthermore, CYA held
a press conference at
the Massachusetts
Statehouse in Boston.

 We have published op-
eds in multiple school
newspapers.
 Our organization has
been featured in sev-
eral newspapers in-
cluding The Boston
Globe.
signatory of a full page
advertisement in The
New York Times.
CYA also appeared in
feature stories in the
Lawrence Eagle Trib-
une (MA), the Daily Mike and Caroline ap-
pearing on MTV U from
Pennsylvanian and SAS
the University of Pennsyl-
Frontiers Magazine vania campus.
(PA).

 Yoni Gruskin was a

CYA on the Issue

CYA has also been active
by attending speeches and
conferences on the issue.

 Our Executive Director
was a member of the
first ever Fiscal Advi-
sory Committee in
Philadelphia, PA.
 CYA members at-
tended and spoke at
the Concord Coalition
Fundraiser in New York
City last November.
Yoni Gruskin also
spoke as a panelist at
the Impact Academy
Conference.
Yoni Gruskin on CNN’s
American Morning

CYA Online Initiatives

CYA has enhanced our
presence online through:

 Facebook

 Twitter

 YouTube

 Our website,
www.cyamerica.org

 A new blog, coming

soon to CYA’s website
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