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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: Youth 2000 Week
Box: 85 (1988)
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THE UNITED THE $
to
SEAL
Youth 2000 Week, 1988
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America is at once the world's oldest Republic and a Nation whose spirit is made forever young by our
heritage and our future of liberty, justice, and opportunity. The American people cherish the children God has
granted us. We seek to give young people a good start in life through our care, encouragement, and training
and our transmittal of the enduring values that provide stability, vision, and strength. Youth 2000 Week, 1988,
offers us a chance to reflect on our success in these areas; on the good qualities and countless achievements
of young Americans; and on all we can and must do to guide and assist youngsters into responsibility, self-
reliance, and fulfilling lives as adults-into saying yes to life and to healthy attitudes and behavior.
Just as in generations past, the continued well-being of our country depends on the development and
preparation of youth in the skills they will need and on their understanding and awareness of the freedom,
faith, and opportunity that are at the heart of America's greatness and goodness. These goals will be
attainable in coming years if all of us-private citizens, business, labor, voluntary and professional organiza-
tions, church groups, educators, government, parents, and young people themselves-work together, building
on the strengths of family, community, and country.
Youth 2000 is a nationwide call to action designed to encourage people in all sectors of society to help young
Americans along the road to mature adulthood and economic and social self-sufficiency. We can all do our
share to help youngsters avoid or solve problems such as illegal drug use and alcohol abuse, illiteracy,
dropping out of school, and crime that cut across all social, economic, and geographic boundaries but are
particularly acute in areas of rural and urban poverty.
America's economic freedom and the spirit and ingenuity of our people have long guaranteed our progress
and prosperity. We can continue and expand these strengths as we approach and enter the 21st century.
Employment opportunities will abound in the year 2000, but these new jobs will increasingly require workers
who are able to read, compute, and learn new skills, and who have acquired education or training beyond
high school. This is a goal we can reach if we remain true to the selfless volunteer spirit and the confident,
forward-looking vision that have always sustained us.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week of
September 11 through September 17, 1988, as Youth 2000 Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this
week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and thirteenth.
Ronald Reagan