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
- 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
- Jan 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Fair Fight is On
An America where every vote matters, our leaders work for us and defend our civil rights, and the government helps when it can and steps...
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VoteThatJawn
- Dec 20, 2020
- 4 min
Let's Say Black Lives Mattered
Someone has slit in half the 30-foot-long Black Lives Matter banner outside our St. Luke and the Epiphany. For the second time.
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VoteThatJawn
- Nov 29, 2020
- 3 min
America, Dude! Learn from Black Lives
For our nation to heal, we must open our ears and hearts to the messages our young people are sending us By Lorene Cary This article was...
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VoteThatJawn
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Op-ed: Youth Need to Vote
By Carson Eckhard This article originally appeared in Philly Metro. You can view the original post here. In my Tampa, Florida high school...
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VoteThatJawn
- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
Op-ed | Vote That Jawn
In January, a handful of young organizers perched in my office in the English Department at the University of Penn planning the 2020...
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VoteThatJawn
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
Out of the Mouth of Babes
VoteThatJawn and Fresh Artists tap an army of kiddos to turn out the parent vote.
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VoteThatJawn
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
A Program that’s Philly-Bred, Woman-Led — Plus MERCH!!!
What’s your jawn? For Monique*, it’s the underfunding of Philly schools. For Sofia*, it’s the loss of a friend to gun violence...
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VoteThatJawn
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
A Summer of Voter Registration and Empowerment
I walked up the slight hill on Ogontz and Olney to arrive in front of what used to be my educational sanctuary. Overgrown weeds seemed to in
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VoteThatJawn
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
Storm: From Whitman's Election Day to Ours
Philadelphia Youth Poets Laureate and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society respond to Walt Whitman's "Election Day: November 1884" On...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
A Brand New (Virtual) Community
Youth power and passion.
With these words, signed together in American Sign Language on the first pandemic-driven Zoom call...
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VoteThatJawn
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Philly Youth Vote (Online) Registration House Party!
You’re Invited! Ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff, LGP Qua, DJ Diamond Kuts, Bobby Flowers, Aijee Evans, and DJ Sophia Vote that Jawn Philly House Party...
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 18, 2020
- 5 min
#VOTETHATJAWN 2020
Think, for a moment, about the fanfare that comes with life’s milestones: marriage, birth, quinceañera, driving, graduation… and so on.
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VoteThatJawn
- Mar 23, 2020
- 4 min
CAN VOTE-BY-MAIL SAVE THE ELECTION?
The coronavirus is likely to upend the April 28 primary. That's why Philly 3.0’s engagement director doubles down on his call for mail-in vo
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VoteThatJawn
- Mar 13, 2020
- 3 min
PROTECT THE VOTE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
With the April 28 primary approaching in the midst of calls for social isolation, Philly 3.0’s engagement director urges the state to send e
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VoteThatJawn
- Mar 11, 2020
- 5 min
THE CITIZEN RECOMMENDS: MAP THE VOTE
At least 40,000 eligible Philadelphians are not even registered to vote. You can help change that with a new app
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Lorene Cary
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 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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