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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $350,000 from the Puffin Foundation to Increase Youth Civic Power
“AGF has proven time and time again that one of the best ways to reach eligible, young voters is by enlisting their peers in the effort. This grassroots work, along with the growing advocacy efforts of the AGF Puffin Fellows, is helping to enfranchise and protect the youth vote across the country. We’re proud to of been able to play a role in supporting this extraordinary work,” said Perry Rosenstein, President of The Puffin Foundation.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Receives $350,000 from the Puffin Foundation to Increase Youth Civic Power
The Andrew Goodman Foundation received a grant of $350,000 from The Puffin Foundation to support its youth civic engagement work including the Vote Everywhere program, Puffin Democracy Fellowship, and National Civic Leadership Training Summit.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation Condemns President Trump’s Racist Remarks
Hate speech has no place in our democracy. That's why The Andrew Goodman Foundation condemns President Trump's recent racist remarks.
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Indivisible: How to Bring the #MeToo Movement to Your College Campus
Vote Everywhere is a movement intended to show you how you can make a difference in your community by not only voting at the ballot box but also through what you say, how you act, and where you spend your money. In the Indivisible series, we'll be exploring the issues that matter to you and providing you with the tools you need to cast your vote every day.
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Participants Reflect on the 2019 National Civic Leadership Training Summit
Seven Andrew Goodman Foundation Ambassadors and Campus Champions share their thoughts about the 2019 National Civic Leadership Training Summit.
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Florida’s ‘one man, one vote, ample parking’ law challenged in court
“Students deserve to have their votes counted just like everyone else. That’s why we’re defending the voices of students across Florida, who have had trouble getting to early-voting locations,” Newsome wrote.
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Florida’s Early Voting Progress
The larger a county’s population, the more early voting sites it should have. Furthermore, the number of registered voters “per” early voting site is a good way to think about the demand each site must be prepared to take on. More early voting sites per registered voter means shorter lines and better attention paid to voter needs — and the way to boost this ratio is to simply provide more early voting locations.
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Advocates claim late amendment to new Florida elections law ‘provides a new means of suppressing the vote of young voters’
Plaintiffs on Monday asked Walker to consider an amended complaint to also address the provision in the new law, which mandates that early voting sites “must provide sufficient nonpermitted parking to accommodate the anticipated amount of voters.” The provision was added to the elections package by two Republican lawmakers “as a never-before-seen, eleventh-hour amendment” in the waning days of the session, plaintiffs argued in the 107-page amended complaint.
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The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Florida College Students, and the Florida League of Women Voters Take Further Legal Action Against a Florida Law Aimed at Preventing Early Voting on College and University Campuses
The Andrew Goodman Foundation, League of Women Voters, and a handful of Florida students took further legal action by amending a lawsuit to challenge Florida's new election bill.
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Youth Defy Assumptions of Low Civic Engagement
The Andrew Goodman Foundation and Generation Citizen demonstrate that through a combination of positive peer pressure, education about civic institutions and government at all levels, and awareness of local issues, Generation Z can be a mighty force that makes civic engagement not an anomaly, but a norm.
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