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Civics for Citizens: Voting at Home Using Vote-by-Mail and Absentee Voting
In this installment of Civics for Citizens, we’ll break down two methods of voting at home—absentee voting and vote by mail—so you can confidently cast your ballot from a safe distance.
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On the Frontlines of Democracy
Despite serious attempts to postpone the 2020 Wisconsin Primary Election in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remained unchanged, and voters found themselves choosing between their health and their right to vote. Tamia Fowlkes, an Andrew Goodman Ambassador at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tells her Election Day story.
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Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Promising Practices: Building a Coalition
Learn how the University of Michigan Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Campus Team builds coalitions by reading our Q&A with Andrew Goodman Campus Champion Erin Byrnes.
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3 Easy Ways to Support AGF on #GivingTuesdayNow
May 5 is #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday – as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The need across the nonprofit sector is immense, and we are honored you have chosen to support The Andrew Goodman Foundation during this critical time for American democracy.
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Maryland Ambassadors Testify in Support of 2020 Student Voter Empowerment Act
Three Maryland Andrew Goodman Ambassadors Willow Goode, Sophie Bertrand, and Jonathan Townes voiced their support for the 2020 Student Voter Empowerment Act. If passed, the bill would support numerous initiatives aimed at strengthening voter registrations and engagement.
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Taking Voter Engagement Online: How Georgetown University Institutionalized my.VoteEverywhere
Young voters continue to face barriers to voting, but digital resources can help make voting easier than ever. Read how Georgetown University's Andrew Goodman Campus Team institutionalized my.VoteEverywhere, AGF's one-stop-shop for digital voter engagement, so that Georgetown students can register to vote or request a ballot wherever they are.
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Four Ways to Engage Your Campus About the 2020 Census
For students across the U.S. and these Andrew Goodman Ambassadors at Bergen Community College, the 2020 Census is particularly important. Find out four ways to engage campuses about the Census—even while social distancing—to ensure a complete and accurate count in 2020.
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Remembering Perry Rosenstein
Sylvia and David Goodman reflect on the life of civil rights leader, philanthropist, and longtime friend of The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Perry Rosenstein, after he passed away from COVID-19.
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How to Register to Vote in New Jersey
Watch this fun video, created by an Andrew Goodman Ambassador at Rutgers University, to learn how to register to vote in New Jersey. It only takes a few key ingredients!
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Who Will Run Georgia State University’s Early Polling Location? For the First Time Ever, It Was Students.
Andrew Goodman Ambassadors succeeded in doing something for the first time in history—running a 100 percent student-staffed on-campus polling place. For Evan Malbrough, an Ambassador at Georgia State University, accomplishing this feat was the capstone of his undergraduate career.
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