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Civic Engagement Through an Outsider’s Lens

Franchesca Rugayan ’26 Politics major, started her political engagement early on in the Philippines, knowing that voter engagement was on the forefront of her mind. This summer as a McCarthy Fellow in Sacramento worked at the California Democratic Party, furthering her passion for advocacy. My application process for the McCarthy Fellows in Sacramento program began…

Carrying on John Lewis’ Vision

This week’s blog is a reprint of a piece from USF Foghorn’s April issue, entitled “Why We Need the John Lewis Voting Rights Act”. Two of our USFVOTES students, Harlan Crawford and Metyia Philipps, cowrote the article, examining the bill’s genesis and its influence on future elections. Read on for both Harlan’s and Metyia’s outlook…

100 years since the 19th Ammendment

Earlier this week, on August 18, we celebrated the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote in the United States. Our road to women’s suffrage was hard-won, but also complicated and deeply flawed. As White women like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton marched the streets with banners…

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