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Letting 18-year-olds Drive Us to the Future: Confessions of Old, Some of Us, Like, Seriously Old, Youth-Vote Advocates

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Nov 123 min read

Letting 18-year-olds Drive Us to the Future: Confessions of Old, Some of Us, Like, Seriously Old, Youth-Vote Advocates

Each day, another 50 or so 17-year-olds in Philadelphia turn 18, and soon it’ll be time to hand them the keys.

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Students: Turn Your Emotions Into Action!

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Nov 43 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.

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Youth Voting Initiative Hosts #TrendThatJawn, Youth Vote Press Conference at City Hall

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Oct 23 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!

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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Lessons from ‘The Other Philadelphia’

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Aug 72 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.

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The Freedom Summer: When Students Rose Up and Changed the World

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Aug 74 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.

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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 3 – Healing

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Aug 73 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.

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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 2 – Danger

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Aug 72 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

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Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation

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Aug 75 min read

Freedom Summer 60 Years Later: Chapter 1 – Orientation

Freedom Summer volunteers had an orientation; here’s yours.

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How School Might Help Prepare Youth for Real Life

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Jul 244 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...

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How Many Beatings Have YOU Taken, Congressman?

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Jul 242 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,...

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Apr 4, 20233 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.

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Nov 14, 20224 min read

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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Nov 14, 20222 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.

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Oct 12, 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,...

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Why Your Vote Matters in the Fight to End Gun Violence

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Jul 24, 20223 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.

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Jun 27, 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,...

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May 25, 20223 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...

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Apr 26, 20224 min read

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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Feb 15, 20222 min read

City Girls go to the Polls

As the City Girls once said, “Boy, Philly talks English, Spanish and Vietnamese!” Ok, this might not be an exact rephrasing of the iconic...

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From Flossing to Voting, Let’s Keep up the Habit!

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Feb 14, 20223 min read

From Flossing to Voting, Let’s Keep up the Habit!

By Angelis Pajares How often do you floss? Every night like you’re supposed to? Or maybe three times a week? Never? I’ll bet a good...

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Feb 13, 20222 min read

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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Feb 12, 20222 min read

The Youth Vote: Half a Century Later

By Gemma Hong Youth voices matter. That is the belief of the Philly students working with PA Youth Vote to register every 18-year old in...

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Feb 10, 20222 min read

How old is our Congress?

By Michael Lin How would you feel if your grandparents were tasked with drafting legislation to solve today’s most pressing issues?...

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What does washing your hair have to do with voting?

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Feb 9, 20222 min read

What does washing your hair have to do with voting?

by Olivia Polding We all form opinions and make decisions as part of our daily routine. This morning, for example, I woke up and I...

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