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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School District of Philadelphia Voter Champion Resources
VoteThatJawn
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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VoteThatJawn
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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VoteThatJawn
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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VoteThatJawn
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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VoteThatJawn
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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VoteThatJawn
Feb 6, 20222 min read
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...
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VoteThatJawn
Sep 17, 20201 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...
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VoteThatJawn
Sep 9, 202013 min read
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, 20205 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.
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VoteThatJawn
May 5, 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...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20202 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...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20203 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...
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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...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20201 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...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20202 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...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20203 min read
I Will Vote
By Blake Kiernan “The only thing that matters more than our health and safety is the freedom to choose how we are governed.” The above...
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VoteThatJawn
May 4, 20203 min read
Voting History: The 15th Amendment
By Tanner Probst “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State...
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VoteThatJawn
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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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Hannah Yusuf
Feb 5, 20195 min read
Are We Entering into an Ideal Future? Vote that Jawn and Voter Participation
As you walk onto the Mayor’s Reception Room, you are immediately surrounded by history. A statue honoring Amerigo Vespucci and the seal...
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Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
Oct 23, 20189 min read
My First Vote: Residents of the Cathedral Village Retirement Community Share Stories About Their “Fi
It’s a hot time in the old folks home these days. Elections are coming up in November and these guys are psyched. I recently asked a...
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Joyce Xu
Oct 23, 20183 min read
To March or to Vote? They’re Different, So Do Both
During my second year of college, I took my first ever creative writing course. My sweet professor had us check in with her at the...
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James Peterson
Aug 23, 20183 min read
They’re Playing Our Votes Like a Video Game
Let me tell you a secret. You know that game Superhex.io? Here’s what it looks like in case you don’t: In the game, you as a player are a...
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