18by Vote
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| Formation | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Civic engagement, Voter registration, Voter turnout |
| Methods | Online mobilization, field organizing |
| Leader | Jazmin Kay |
| Website | https://18by.vote |
18by Vote is an American nonprofit organization that aims to empower underserved youth to spearhead civic engagement efforts within their own communities. Their efforts include increasing voter participation amongst the youngest eligible voters through voter registration, pre-registration, and civic education programming.[1][2]
About
18by Vote is a nonpartisan organization that aims to help 16, 17, and 18-year-olds understand how to vote, when to vote, and why to vote by creating campaigns to support teenage voting.[3]
Jazmin Kay is the Executive Director of the organization.[1]
Coalition
18by Vote is part of Future Coalition, a coalition of over 70 youth-led organizations that focus on issues such as climate change, social and radical justice, gun violence prevention, and voting rights.[4] It is also part of Youth in Gov, a coalition of 100+ groups who are calling on the Biden Administration to bring young people to the table.[5][6]
Activities
Some of 18by Vote's activities include a 14-week youth-led, non-partisan Civic Engagement Fellowship program that consisted of young people ages 14-20. The organization provides the necessary tools, civics education, and social media skills to have their fellows participate in creating community-driven and youth-led opportunities among rising voters ages 16 to 18 and young voters ages 19 to 24.[7]
18by Vote participated in a youth-led initiative called "Peaches for Progress" to encourage Georgians to vote in the January 5 runoff election. In conjunction with other youth-led organizations such as Blue Future, Future Coalition, March for Our Lives, and Gen Z for Change, 18by Vote hosted textbanks that provided meaningful resources and advice on voter registration, early voting, absentee voting, and in-person voting.[4]
In an effort to get young voters to the polls during the 2018 midterm election, 18by Vote, alongside Rock the Vote and HeadCount, directed their efforts towards ways that they could help educate young people about all things voting related. They turned to social media as a major resource to fuel conversations about political issues that Generation Z and Millennials care about such as Black Lives Matter and gun reform advocacy.[1]
Structure
Since it's formation, 18by Vote has been largely volunteer and fellow-driven. It fields nationwide peer-networking with local and national outreach efforts. The organization is supported by an Executive Director, Community Engagement Director, Innovation Director, and an External Affairs Coordinator.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tang, Elisa; Linendoll, Will (2018-11-06). "Will 2018 be the year of the young voter? These organizations are trying to make it cool to vote". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-07-09. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Holcombe, Madeline (2021-01-02). "These are the volunteers who drove across the country to register voters in the Georgia runoff". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nouryeh-Clay, Elizabeth (2020-12-09). "Youth-led initiative encourages Georgians to vote in Jan. 5 runoff". Northside Neighbor. Retrieved 2021-07-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Janfaza, Rachel (2021-01-17). "Young leaders ask incoming Biden administration for a seat at the table". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ https://www.youthingov.org/
- ↑ Calvin, Aaron (2020-10-27). "Get Out the Vote Efforts in Farm Country Are Reaching Young, Latinx, and Rural Voters". Civil Eats. Retrieved 2021-07-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ https://18by.vote/
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