Resources

Live the Legacy Podcast

The Live the Legacy podcast captures bold conversations between civil rights icons and today’s student activists. These conversations bridge the past and the present in order to move forward together. Listen today on our website or your favorite podcast app.

Civic Engagement Resources

Our resources illustrate our work to increase student voter access by removing voting impediments, instruct college students how to build civic and voter engagement movements on their campuses, and offer online voter registration assistance.

2020 Election Victory Report

2020 Election Victory Report is an overview of how The Andrew Goodman Foundation organized, registered, and mobilized young people in 2020. Though the challenges in the student voting rights landscape were formidable, thanks to the ingenuity and resiliency of AGF and our Andrew Goodman Network, we persevered to achieve remarkable network-wide results, as well as contribute to historic youth voter turnout in the 2020 General Election.

Age Discrimination in Voting at Home Report

Seven states currently discriminate on the basis of age in their vote-at-home (also known as absentee ballot) systems. In this novel report, a coalition including The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Equal Citizens, UCLA Voting Rights Project, Vote at Home Institute, and Stris & Maher LLP explains why these laws are unconstitutional under the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which prohibits age discrimination in voting.

Ambassador Handbook

The Ambassador Handbook is the go-to guide for voter engagement on your campus. Before hosting any voter registration drives or other events, it is crucial that you become familiar with the contents of this manual. Ambassadors receive a printed copy of the Handbook annually, along with other supplies.

Digital Organizing Toolkit

A comprehensive guide to digital organizing, this toolkit offers four strategies for transitioning in-person democratic engagement to an online environment, especially in times of need and social distancing. Complete with case studies about our very own Andrew Goodman Ambassadors’ activities, the Digital Organizing Toolkit provides a roadmap of how to leverage AGF’s digital tools, host virtual events, use your social media platforms, and advocate for change online.

Expanding The Ballot Guide

Expanding the Ballot: Providing Language Assistance to Non-English Proficient Voters Through Multilingual Poll Workers, co-authored by Puffin Democracy Fellow Usjid Hameed, is an overview about the importance of language assistance at the polls, as well as a how-to guide for recruiting multilingual poll workers.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Building a Youth Poll Worker Projectwritten by Puffin Democracy Fellow Evan Malbrough, reflects Evan’s experiences building a youth poll worker project in Georgia and offers lessons on how other young people can follow suit to ensure our polling places are representatively staffed.

Memorandum to Higher Education Leaders

In partnership with Nancy Thomas of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education and Mike Burns of Campus Vote Project, AGF’s Chief Counsel for Voting Rights Yael Bromberg authored this Memorandum to Higher Education Leaders, containing advice for facilitating student voting amidst COVID-19 conditions. The Memo makes six key recommendations related to where students can register to vote and vote, how campuses can help students meet identification requirements, and what presidents or chancellors can do to advocate for pro-voting reforms.

MSI Vote: Ensuring Democracy and Promoting Voting through the Power of Minority Serving InstitutionsCover of the University of Pennsylvania's MSI Vote report

MSI Vote, a report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, looks at the issues affecting young and minority voters, as well as policies that perpetuate their voter suppression. Because Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) educate 20% of all students and 40% of students of color, the report argues that MSIs have a responsibility to promote civic engagement and offers key recommendations.

my.VoteEverywhere Portal

my.VoteEverywhere is a one-stop-shop online portal where students can find relevant election information. They can register to vote, check their voter registration status, learn about the candidates, find their polling site, learn about voter ID and other requirements, and sign up to receive text message reminders, with information tailored to their campus.

On-Campus Early In-Person Voting in Florida in the 2018 General Election Report

The Andrew Goodman Foundation commissioned a report to measure the impact of expanded on-campus early voting opportunities in Florida during the 2018 General Election.