The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. With the 2026 midterm elections happening in November, politically active organizations at the University of Georgia, such as the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC), are pushing for students to get involved. The GYJC is a state-wide, advocacy network of minority, working class and allied students that work to bring change in the state, according to their website. Students are relaunching the UGA chapter ahead of the midterms, for the first time since 2024. The organization started in 2021 and has grown to be one of the largest youth engagement programs in the state. GYJC has more than 10,000 members, according to Southern Poverty Law Center. Carter Ray, a second-year political science major, is the president and founder of UGA’s 2026 GYCJ chapter. The organization’s goal, according to Ray, is to fight for progressive values and build power for young people. “I am really motivated by the midterm elections that we have coming up this year, and I thought that there was a need for someone to step up and make sure that we were doing significant organizing work on campus,” Ray said. In 2022, the midterm election turnout rate among voters aged 18-29 was 26%, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Ray noted college students are underrepresented in political decisions because of a historically lower voter turnout…
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