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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
Each day, another 50 or so 17-year-olds in Philadelphia turn 18, and soon it’ll be time to hand them the keys.
VoteThatJawn
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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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
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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
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Don’t Hit Me With that “My Vote Doesn’t Matter”
By Lila Dubois My grandmother hasn’t voted in a presidential election since 1992. She’s one of the most politically opinionated people I...
VoteThatJawn
Feb 11, 20223 min read
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HEAR HER VOICE! You Decide to Vote!
By Maya Hairston “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court...
VoteThatJawn
Feb 6, 20222 min read
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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...
VoteThatJawn
Jan 17, 20214 min read
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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...
VoteThatJawn
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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The Golden Ticket to Democracy: Voter Registration
“Which one is the orange guy?”
I tried not to laugh behind my mask.
“The President?” I asked.
He nodded.
“He’s Republican,” I said...
VoteThatJawn
Jan 14, 20218 min read
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Voting for the First Time During a Pandemic
voted in my first election this year.
I was six years old when I went to “vote” with my mom for the first time. We approached the front...
VoteThatJawn
Jan 7, 20216 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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