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Growing Up As a Citizen
6:00 a.m. is the time I was told to arrive but I got there at 6:20. The address—1124 N. 11th Street—was where I was supposed to work for...

VoteThatJawn
Jan 7, 20216 min read


Who Is the Working Families Party?
“Together, we can make the future and build a country where everyone can thrive.”
This is the mission of the Working Families Party, a...

VoteThatJawn
Jan 4, 20214 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Jan 4, 20215 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Dec 20, 20204 min read


Voice That Jawn
Intergenerational stories of voter participation to inspire your vote Voice That Jawn is a six-part podcast miniseries by #VoteThatJawn...

VoteThatJawn
Nov 29, 20201 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Nov 29, 20203 min read


Student Out of State? Not Out of Luck!
Ask Aaron at My School Votes Philly You’re on a Philly Campus but you’re registered in Delaware County or Jersey or somewhere else? Can...

VoteThatJawn
Oct 30, 20201 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Oct 30, 20203 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Oct 25, 20204 min read


Out of the Mouth of Babes
VoteThatJawn and Fresh Artists tap an army of kiddos to turn out the parent vote.

VoteThatJawn
Oct 25, 20205 min read


How-To: Mail-in Ballots
Fast Facts for the Voter By Mail

VoteThatJawn
Oct 16, 20201 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Oct 16, 20202 min read


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

VoteThatJawn
Sep 25, 20202 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Sep 17, 20201 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
Aug 30, 20205 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
Jul 30, 20202 min read


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...

VoteThatJawn
May 13, 20201 min read


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.

VoteThatJawn
May 11, 20203 min read


OUR VOTES, OUR LIVES
The Point Was, Voices of Young Activists Can, and Should Matter By David Bradley "When adults came to Selma, Selma had already been...

VoteThatJawn
May 5, 20203 min read


Step-By-Step Guide for Philly Youth Voters During COVID-19
The coronavirus has disrupted our way of life, and our elections. But you can still vote! Review this guide for tips on...

VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20202 min read


First Land of the Free?
Wyoming: An Unsung Champion of The Women’s Suffrage Movement By Tanner Probst Although we often think of the drive for equality as a...

VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20203 min read


Calm About It: Women Exercised their Voting Rights Before the 19th Amendment
By Tanner Probst Women may have won the right to vote in 1920, but some voted decades before it was legal. The women’s suffrage movement...

VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20203 min read


Interactive Constitution Project
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for...

VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20201 min read


We the People Learn to Interpret the Constitution
By Tanner Probst "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic...

VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20202 min read
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