Entering the Palace
“Behind the ever open gate No pikes shall fence a crumbling throne, No lackeys cringe, no courtiers wait, — This palace is the people’s...
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Elena Tomlinson
Feb 5, 20193 min
A Semester of Improvisation
As we waited in the Mayor’s Reception Room for our guests to arrive for the #VoteThatJawn celebration, Philadelphia’s Clef Club Junior...
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Neyat Yohannes
Oct 28, 20184 min
Animate the Vote: A Young Philly Artist, Now in L.A., Tells How She Got Into Animation and Where She
Rachel Headlam, the 18-year-old Philly character animator and I meet at a bustling juice shop. “I’m wearing a white pinstriped shirt, a...
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Hannah Yusuf
Oct 28, 20183 min
Your Vote Is Bigger than You: What Vote that Jawn Means to Me
“The quality of the dining hall food just doesn’t match the tuition fee I’m paying,” someone just complained to me. I nodded earnestly,...
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Hannah Yusuf
Oct 28, 20184 min
When Young People Don’t Vote, It Matters: How the Leaders we Choose Change the Stories we Tell
I can recall the first time my parents saw Barack Obama on TV as if it happened yesterday. I was in first grade. My parents were talking...
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VoteThatJawn
Oct 23, 20181 min
Register to Vote with #VoteThatJawn: There’s More Than One Way to Register in PA
Are you one of the 20,000 Philadelphia youth turning 18 before the 2018 election? Watch the video to find out about all the ways you can...
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Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
Oct 23, 20189 min
My First Vote: Residents of the Cathedral Village Retirement Community Share Stories About Their “Fi
It’s a hot time in the old folks home these days. Elections are coming up in November and these guys are psyched. I recently asked a...
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Erinda Sheno
Oct 23, 20183 min
When Philly Gives its Best, it’s the Place to Be: A Whole Jawn that Works Together
I was wandering up and down North 6th street, feeling foolish that the whole train ride here I had been envisioning a block party. That...
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Joyce Xu
Oct 23, 20183 min
To March or to Vote? They’re Different, So Do Both
During my second year of college, I took my first ever creative writing course. My sweet professor had us check in with her at the...
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Samira Mehta
Oct 23, 20182 min
Got Lemons? Making Lemonade Is a Life Lesson
“When life gives you lemons, you can’t make lemonade unless you know where the sugar and water are,” proclaims Tamara Anderson. She’s a...
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Anna Duan
Oct 23, 20183 min
The Shadow of Doubt: Grappling with the all-too-easy cynicism trap
What good could a couple of painted signs do? This is what I thought to myself as Lansie Sylvia, director of Next Stop Democracy, took...
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Serena Baldick, Sonali Deliwala, Anna Duan
Sep 22, 20185 min
Rally to Register
Youth voting campaign ‘Vote That Jawn’ shares resources to bring first-time voters to the ballot All the lanyard-wearing folks handing us...
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VoteThatJawn
Sep 22, 20183 min
#VoteThatJawn Kickoff to be Held to Help Young People Prepare for Midterm Elections, Sat., Sept. 22,
PHILADELPHIA – Sept. 18, 2018 –Young Philadelphians are invited to participate in #VoteThatJawn, a nonpartisan, city-wide campaign...
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Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Sep 21, 20184 min
Countdown for Students and Teachers to VTJ
Organize, Strategize, Socialize, Share and Compare! It’s time to Vote That Jawn: How to get YOU and your friends to the polls. It’s...
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Lorene Cary
Aug 23, 20184 min
Vote That Jawn: We Need Young Voters Now More Than Ever
Right now, outside my building at 34th and Walnut streets, a marching band is playing to welcome first-year students to their new...
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Jacob Kind
Aug 23, 20183 min
You’re 18? This Is Your Chance Join Yara Shahidi and Make America Better for Young People
“Control Congress and you control the country.” That’s a quote from Yara Shahidi. Yara Shahidi stars in the hit TV shows Black-ish and...
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Cyé Jacobs
Aug 23, 20182 min
What YOU Can Do: It’s Not as Boring, Confusing and Time-Sucking as You Think!
We often hear about the power of voting, how much it means and what it can do. However, that advice usually spews from the mouths of...
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James Peterson
Aug 23, 20183 min
They’re Playing Our Votes Like a Video Game
Let me tell you a secret. You know that game Superhex.io? Here’s what it looks like in case you don’t: In the game, you as a player are a...
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Cyé Jacobs
Aug 23, 20181 min
GIVE ME THE FACTS! THEN, SHOW UP!!!!!!
There’s been a shortage of turnouts at the polls, specifically with young people. But why? The answer is simple. Youth hear that their...
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Lorene Cary
Aug 23, 20182 min
Save the Date: Saturday, 22 Sept 2018
Every year, in addition to our blogsite, SafeKidsStories.com creates a few great events, like two days with iconic children’s illustrator...
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