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The Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Statement On The Passing Of Harry Belafonte
The Andrew Goodman Foundation community mourns the immense loss of Harry Belafonte, an iconic award-winning singer and actor, steadfast civil rights activist, and our dear friend and Advisory Board member.
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Four Andrew Goodman Ambassadors Selected As 2023 Newman Civic Fellows
Four Andrew Goodman Ambassadors are recipients of Campus Compact’s 2023 Newman Civic Fellowship.
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46 Andrew Goodman Campuses Receive 2023 Voter Friendly Campus Designation
Forty-six Andrew Goodman Campuses received the 2023 “Voter Friendly Campus” designation from NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation, March For Our Lives, & National Vote At Home Institute Join As Amici In Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals In Texas’ Vote-By-Mail Age Discrimination Case
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, March For Our Lives, and National Vote At Home Institute filed an amicus brief in Cascino v. Scott (No. 22-50748) before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case challenges a law that requires young Americans to satisfy a limited set of statutory excuses to qualify to vote by mail, while making vote-by-mail automatically available to voters over the age of 65 who do not need to offer any excuses.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Elects New Officers To Its Board Of Directors
The Andrew Goodman Foundation’s (AGF) Board of Directors elected new officers as part of an annual meeting in February. Amy Chiou, Michael W. Malafronte, Corey Weiss, and Robert Masters will serve as Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair Emeritus, respectively.
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Bard College, Along With The Andrew Goodman Foundation And Three University Partners, Awarded $399,000 Grant From Mellon Foundation For Civic Engagement And Voting Rights
Bard College has received a $399,000 award from the Mellon Foundation to support a three-year applied learning research curricular project on voting rights. The project will be done in collaboration with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University, and The Andrew Goodman Foundation.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation, The League Of Women Voters Of Mid-Hudson Region & New York State, The New York Civil Liberties Union, And Dutchess Student Voting Coalition Celebrate On-Campus Polling Place For Vassar College Students Ahead Of Midterms
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, The League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region & New York State, county-based Dutchess Student Voting Coalition, and the New York Civil Liberties Union celebrate a significant victory achieved for Vassar College students, who will now have an accessible polling place on campus for the General Election on Tuesday, November 8.
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Voting Groups Warn Dutchess Executive, County Legislature Over Violation Of Elections Law
Local student leaders of Democracy Matters, backed by The Andrew Goodman Foundation, League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region, and Dutchess Student Voting Coalition, warn Dutchess County that the county Board of Election is in “clear violation” of New York law in failing to designate an on-campus poll site at Vassar College in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation And Five Partner Organizations Launch National “Student Vote Choice” Campaign To Promote Student Voting Rights Ahead Of 2022 And 2024 Elections
The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) is launching Student Vote Choice, a national campaign to promote student voter accessibility to vote in person or by mail and to ensure that these ballots are counted. The campaign is joined by partner organizations the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Deliver My Vote (DMV), Hillel International, Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE), and the National Vote At Home Institute (NVAHI).
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Launches 2022 National Voter Education Week Campaign
The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) is proud to launch its 2022 celebration of National Voter Education Week (NVEW), an open-source campaign to help voters bridge the gap between registering to vote and actually casting a ballot, and combat mis and disinformation by ensuring communities have access to accurate election information from sources they can trust.
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