America's Premier Youth Organization | Third session began January 9th, 2019
Presidents of the Continental Youth Assembly
The Office of President of the Continental Youth Assembly is responsible for high-level decisionmaking and administration. This position was founded with the CYA in 2015.
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Elijah D. Manley - 2015-2019
Elijah D. Manley was born on January 6th, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He attends Broward College to study political science and will pursue law. He is best known for his controversial candidacy for President of the United States in 2016 at the age of 16/17. He now serves as Vice President of the National Youth Rights Association, a black lives matter organizer, and he founded the Continental Youth Assembly in 2015. He is also the Publisher of Holt Press, a digital news service. Manley currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Manley was first elected to the Presidency of the Continental Youth Assembly on July 18th, 2015. He has served proudly ever since. Manley seeks to transform and expand the Continental Youth Assembly to establish a Youth Government to represent young people. In his term, he plans to expand the CYA membership, protect youth rights, fight for increased funding for schools, and establish youth legislatures in each state. Under Manley's leadership, the CYA has grown as well as begun to organize and work towards expansion.
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Manley's tenure as President began on July 18th, 2015 and ended on January 9th, 2019. He was elected Floor Leader for the 2019-2021 session.