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
- 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
- 4 min
How YOU Can #VoteThatJawn
So how can you help? How can we ensure that the now-fair Pennsylvania maps stay fair? Easy: you #VoteThatJawn. Everything that has happened
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VoteThatJawn
- Feb 13, 2022
- 2 min
PUSHING P WITH HS VOTER REGISTRATION
YOU’RE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE? — THAT’S NOT P. By Tiara Risby Voting is more than a wave in the same way Gunna says “Pushing P” is more...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
The Power of ONE WORD
All I did was sign up for a course taught by someone whose play I loved. It was last winter, just before theaters shut down. What I...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
My Whiplash Year
2020 has been a year of firsts for me. My first (legal) drink, first pandemic, first apartment, first presidential election, first Zoom...
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VoteThatJawn
- Jan 17, 2021
- 3 min
What I Learned on Election Day
When I stepped out of my house on Beyer Avenue on November 3rd, I took small sips of my coffee, believing I would have time to finish...
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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
- 1 min
Voice That Jawn
Intergenerational stories of voter participation to inspire your vote Voice That Jawn is a six-part podcast miniseries by #VoteThatJawn...
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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 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
- Sep 9, 2020
- 13 min
Walt Whitman's Election Day Curriculum Guide for Teachers
This guide offers a lesson plan and resources for teaching Whitman's "Election Day: November, 1884."
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VoteThatJawn
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
What’s Your Jawn?: A Young Journalist’s Guide to Interview-Based Writing
Learn how to write a blog for VoteThatJawn.com on your voting "jawn" — that issue that ignites a fire in you drives you to the polls.
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VoteThatJawn
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
First Lady of Jazz Guitar Recalls her Philly Youth, the Folks who Helped, and Why She #VotesThatJawn
Monnette Sudler never skips a vote. Never will. But as a kid, Sudler says, she wasn’t into politics. For her, it was all music.
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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
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Pandemic Can’t Stop Us: Youth Vote Initiatives Go Virtual
By Sophie Burkholder The way we vote is about to be turned upside down. Fears of the coronavirus pandemic have prompted fears of...
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 6, 2020
- 5 min
A Talk, a Book, then a Movie Becomes a Movement to Bend the Moral Arc of Justice
“Just Mercy” tells the story of Bryan Stevenson, a criminal justice lawyer who moves to Alabama to represent wrongly convicted...
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VoteThatJawn
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
The Escobar Brothers Podcast
By Lorene Cary Special thanks to the Escobar family: three talented young musicians who live with their parents in suburban Philadelphia....
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