Democracy Matters is an organization that seeks to involve young people in politics. It is based in Hamilton, N.Y. Joan Mandle is the executive director.

Black Youth Vote! (BYV!) is a national grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals committed to increasing political and civic engagement among black youth and young adults between the ages of 18-35. It is a part of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.

Stephen Angell, who teaches at the Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind., can address how Quakers have dealt with the issue of forgiveness.

Results of the 2012 Millennial Values survey conducted jointly by Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. It provides an in-depth portrait of younger Millennials ((Americans ages 18-24) on faith, values, and the 2012 election.

Oct. 9, 2012, analysis of a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey which finds that religious disaffiliation is on the rise, especially among young people.

Read a July 25, 2007 , Christian Science Monitor article about research on the health benefits of giving.

Read a March 28, 1999, Time magazine article on forgiveness research.

Nov. 26, 2012, analysis of young voters influence in President Barack Obama’s re-election victory over Mitt Romney by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The analysis includes a breakdown of religious preferences of young voters and how young voters of different faiths voted.

Read an Oct. 8, 2006, Jeff Jacoby column in The Boston Globe about Amish forgiveness.