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Alex Koroknay-Palicz (born July 2, 1981) is an American activist in Washington, D.C. He is the former executive director of the National Youth Rights Association serving in that post from 2000 till 2012.〔("Corporate officers and staff" ), National Youth Rights Association, Retrieved 9/8/08.〕 ==Biography== Koroknay-Palicz was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and grew up in Holland, Michigan. By high school, he began to articulate that inequality in terms of ageism and wrote articles for his school newspaper on the subject. Senior year at Holland High School, Koroknay-Palicz discovered several local businesses with policies limiting the number of students allowed inside at any one time. Recognizing these policies as ageism, he decided to do something about it. After much research he learned these policies were illegal under Michigan's (Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act ). Koroknay-Palicz demanded the city to enforce this law at a speech before a Holland city council meeting. The matter was referred to Al Serrano in the city's Human Rights Department, who succeeded in overturning the policies at all the stores in question.〔Weeks, L. (2007) ("Age Is Just a Number: Youth Rights Advocate Tries to Break Down Barriers to Adulthood" ), ''Washington Post.'' November 27. Retrieved 9/7/08.〕 In 1999 Koroknay-Palicz began attending American University in Washington, D.C.. He quickly became involved in the youth rights movement, chiefly as the executive director of the National Youth Rights Association. Koroknay-Palicz became a major figure in all aspects of the youth rights movement and made fighting ageism his chief purpose.〔 Koroknay-Palicz serves on the board of advisors for the Freechild Project. His writing appears in several publications and websites. In 2006 Koroknay-Palicz joined the Board of Directors of CAFETY.〔("Board of Directors and Advisors" ), Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth. Retrieved 9/8/08.〕 Koroknay-Palicz and Robert Epstein co-founded the First Annual National Youth Rights Day which occurred on April 14, 2010〔(National Youth Rights Day ). Official website.〕 Epstein wrote The Young Person's Bill of Rights for this event.〔(The Young Person's Bill of Rights ). Robert Epstein in celebration of the First Annual National Youth Rights Day on April 14, 2010.〕 Koroknay-Palicz currently lives in Takoma Park, Maryland and served on the city's voting rights taskforce after Takoma Park became the first city in the United States to lower its voting age to 16. Testified in support of successful 16-year-old voting age bills in Takoma Park and Hyattsville, Maryland. He currently works for the National Association of Counties and in October 2014 married Tricia Gonwa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Koroknay-Palicz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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