![]() ![]() ![]() (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Where youth registration efforts stand Kariyah Stevenson is a 12th grade visual arts major at The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia. This year, they’re focussed on Montgomery County where they’re working with three new districts. PA Youth Vote provides resources to all of Philadelphia’s public high schools, and is gradually expanding to other districts, according to its leadership. Her goal, along with the rest of the team, and their nonpartisan parent organization PA Youth Vote, is ultimately to make sure all eligible students vote.Īn offshoot of an earlier Philly-specific group, PA Youth Vote formally launched in 2021 and trains and pays students and teachers to register and educate new voters. “It’s really upsetting and I can’t do anything about it,” said Bellamena, who is pro-choice.Īnything, except make sure her older classmates vote.īellamena doesn’t know where all of her classmates stand on abortion, but she said registering other young people to vote feels better than doing nothing. Meanwhile, Democrats have said they’ll preserve abortion access and fight to enshrine Roe v. Senate seat have promised to severely restrict abortion access. Republican candidates in both the state’s race for governor and its open U.S. Wade and what that could mean for abortion access in Pennsylvania. Her biggest concern? The overturn of Roe v. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsorġ2th grade students encouraged fellow students to register to vote at The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush high school on October 18, 2022. ![]()
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