How would youthNOISE feel about allying with other groups dedicated to spreading information and giving minors a voice in order to reach a greater audience, pool resources, and achieve an even greater voice? These groups could include punkvoter.com, theTruth.com, SADD, and more. I already asked theTruth and this is what they had to say:

Sweet question. Thanks for sending it.We read it. We scratched our
heads a couple times. The truth is: you’ve stumped us. We don’t know
what to say. Nice job.Guess we could’ve tried to make up an answer –
something that sounded all smart and stuff – but you would’ve
noticed. And as a rule, we never make stuff up.We’re gonna do what we
can to get the answer. Meanwhile, if you can help us, please feel
free to do so. And keep asking questions. About everything. It’s the
best path to knowledge. It’s the best way to the truth.truth


On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:06:41 -0700 you wrote:

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>Category: About truth
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>Name/address:
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>Comment:
>There's been a lot of talk lately about organizing pro-minor and
pro-truth
>groups. How would theTruth feel about uniting with other groups
like
>CokeWatch, youthNOISE, etc.?

Right now I'm talking with the Global Youth Action Network about adopting the alliance, temporarily called the International Youth Alliance. They've already done most of the stuff I was planning with a few exceptions, so there's no point in reiventing the wheel. I'll let you know all the details by this Friday.

Hey freeflow1,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Sounds like a great idea! We'd love to hear your specific thoughts/ideas on how you think YouthNOISE would be able to help out with this alliance, and what the goal of such partnerships would be.

Thanks,
YNLissa

I know I said take as long as you want to decide, but I would like to know whether or not you're at least considering it. I suppose it's just as well, though. There have been some major developments and you may want to wait another week, anyway.

Any members out there interested in helping this union out? Perhaps a central organization could help coordinate all the others. Not boss them around, just figure where the different groups compliment each other. I'm prepared to drop sports and my National Honor Society position to have more time to dedicate to this.
Anybody have any other organizations you think we should invite?
Here's one example of how an alliance could help:
Last year you may have noticed that theTruth was able to afford an ad on the superbowl. Now imagine if there had been an alliance, youthNOISE could've shared with theTruth, getting more ads and exposure on one of the year's most popular televised events.
Don't worry, youthNOISE, take your time and mull this over, theTruth took over a month to respond. And please take this seriously; if successful, a union of this magnitude could have an incredible impact. We can change the world.