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Philadelphia College Students Are Mobilizing To Get Out The Youth Vote
At the Vote That Jawn press conference, student leaders from across Philadelphia and city officials reminded voters that their voice matters

VoteThatJawn
Nov 12, 20243 min read


Students: Turn Your Emotions Into Action!
The upcoming election carries a lot of weight for Philly, the biggest city in one of the biggest swing states.

VoteThatJawn
Nov 4, 20243 min read


2024 Trend That Jawn
Eight University of Pennsylvania students who attended Trend that Jawn offered their reflections from the evening.

VoteThatJawn
Nov 1, 20244 min read


Youth Voting Initiative Hosts #TrendThatJawn, Youth Vote Press Conference at City Hall
At their annual event, #VoteThatJawn encourages young people to register and vote!

VoteThatJawn
Oct 2, 20243 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 9, 20243 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Aug 9, 20244 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20242 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20244 min read


Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing
“Blacks [do] everything. Everything,” Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, declared in awe. And it was true.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20243 min read


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

VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation
Freedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 7, 20245 min read


So, what's really going on?
We woke up to a new world. But no worries, we’ve got this

VoteThatJawn
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Voting Against Memory
There were many times I wasn’t allowed to leave the house because of demonstrations happening downtown.

VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20243 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20244 min read


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,...

VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20242 min read


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!

VoteThatJawn
Jun 29, 20242 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Apr 4, 20233 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Nov 14, 20222 min read


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,...

VoteThatJawn
Oct 12, 20222 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Jul 24, 20223 min read


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,...

VoteThatJawn
Jun 27, 20223 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Jun 8, 20222 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Jun 3, 20222 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
May 25, 20223 min read
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