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After a year of record-setting voter turnout, nationwide protests for racial justice and equality, and debate over equitable ballot access, it's time to recognize some of the leading players.
To that end, the organizations behind the American Civic Collaboration Awards — better known as the Civvys — announced the slate of finalists, celebrating the accomplishments of people and groups who led the way in 2020.
Sixteen percent of young people said they have volunteered for a political campaign, up from 7 percent in late 2018.
Much has been made of the increase in voter participation among young people in 2020. But the act of casting a ballot represents just one method of civic engagement, and young people significantly increased their participation in other political activities last year.
New data released Tuesday by Tufts University's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement found that nearly three times as many people ages 18 to 24 said in late 2020 that they have donated to a political campaign or registered others to vote, as compared to 2018. And the percent of young people who volunteered for a political campaign more than doubled in the same time frame.
Organizer: Open Gov Hub
Hot off the press: a new Carnegie research paper co-authored by Nada Zohdy and Abigail Bellows that examines the impact of the pandemic on civil society collaborations for open government. We heard from 125 civil society leaders across 20 countries during this project, including many of our global affiliate hubs and their partners.
Location: Webinar
One way to help with the post-election healing is to volunteer at food banks or other community support organizations.
Leighninger is vice president of public engagement and Moore-Vissing is associate director of national engagement at Public Agenda, a nonpartisan research and public engagement organization dedicated to strengthening democracy and expanding opportunity for all Americans.
