We Need Black Teachers! Here’s a Pipeline
Today, we’ll dive into the ongoing legacy of Philadelphia, part of a long line of efforts to liberate people from oppression.
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 9
- 4 min
How Freedom Schools Made It to Philadelphia
By Rae Norman Imagine a school that teaches “young people to function productively and meaningfully in society, or [gives] them the tools...
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Lessons from ‘The Other Philadelphia’
No one outside of its residents had ever really heard of the small Mississippi town before June 1964. That’s when the stories began.
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 7
- 4 min
The Freedom Summer: When Students Rose Up and Changed the World
Today in 2024, we find ourselves at the 60-year anniversary of some of the most influential few months of the Civil Rights Movement.
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing
“Blacks [do] everything. Everything,” Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, declared in awe. And it was true.
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 2 – Danger
It was June 21, 1964 and James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner were setting out for Philadelphia, Mississippi
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 7
- 5 min
Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation
Freedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 31
- 2 min
So, what's really going on?
We woke up to a new world. But no worries, we’ve got this
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 24
- 3 min
Voting Against Memory
There were many times I wasn’t allowed to leave the house because of demonstrations happening downtown.
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 24
- 4 min
How School Might Help Prepare Youth for Real Life
By Cassidy Whaley Over the years I've come to realize a striking truth: in school, students often spend as much time questioning the...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 24
- 2 min
How Many Beatings Have YOU Taken, Congressman?
By Hannah Chang This blog is not a rallying cry to go out and vote. It’s trying to think about the vote. What makes it so great? Well,...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Tune In, Turn Up, Turn Out: Coercing Your Friends to the Polls
Isabel Engel provides ways to get your friends out and to the polls during election season!
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 4, 2023
- 3 min
Committee of Seventy joins forces with youth voter education organization, Vote That Jawn
The partnership unifies two leaders in civic participation and expands C70’s existing mission to connect with youth and first-time voters.
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VoteThatJawn
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Sheyla Street: Getting in the Fight
By Tina Smith-Brown Philadelphia is a tough place for politics. Registering voters is far from easy here, but West Point cadet, Sheyla...
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VoteThatJawn
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
City Hall’s #TrendThatJawn
Youth voting is trending all over America; it only made sense to create an event that would highlight and support these efforts.
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VoteThatJawn
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Party with a Purpose: Trend That Jawn!
Vote That Jawn Hosts Social Event Celebrating Philly Youth Vote, Oct. 26, 6-7 pm Vote That Jawn, a nonpartisan group of youth, educators,...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 24, 2022
- 3 min
Why Your Vote Matters in the Fight to End Gun Violence
I have a personal problem with gun legislation that stems from the lack of controls. I feel like getting and concealing a gun is too easy.
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VoteThatJawn
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
WHO’S THAT JAWN?
By Gemma Hong A GenZ Breakdown One thing about our generation is that we hate to be generalized. We don’t think the same, look the same,...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
Following Pennsylvania's School Funding Trial
How Pennsylvania's Schools Are Funded By Michael Lin If a public school is funded mostly by its own community, a rich town or district...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
No Justus
By Tiara Risby They say they’re there to protect us from danger but who will protect us from them? The only danger I sense is a man...
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VoteThatJawn
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Can We Make the Change?
By Kyla Downs March for Our Lives, a youth-led movement that began after the 2018 Parkland, FL, school shooting, has a policy titled “It...
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
Map That Jawn - The Full Story
So, what were you doing during history class? We’re here to teach you about redistricting, gerrymandering 101, and the power of your vote.
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Gerrymandering 101
Democracy means voters choose their politicians. Current Pennsylvania law lets politicians choose their voters.
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Redistricting
Redistricting occurs after the census to ensure that each lawmaker’s number of constituents in their district is proportional to the populat
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