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Law students at the forefront of election protection efforts in Pennsylvania
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Law students at the forefront of election protection efforts in Pennsylvania

As a long and contentious campaign season enters its final days, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students are volunteering their time and skills to ensure the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.

From Penn Carey Law

Down to the wire with Penn Leads the Vote
Students meet virtually on BlueJeans with Pritchett and Gutmann

Down to the wire with Penn Leads the Vote

The student organization’s leaders reflect on a whirlwind of a semester and provide helpful tips for voters on Election Day.

Lauren Hertzler

Penn Medicine votes, and so should you: How to vote safely in 2020
Medical worker in a cap and face mask holding up a sign that reads I Vote Because It Matters.

Penn Medicine votes, and so should you: How to vote safely in 2020

The Penn Medicine Votes initiative, and Penn Medicine’s partnership with VotER helps staff and patients navigate a safe way to vote either before or on Election Day.

From Penn Medicine News

Protests matter, and here’s why
Large crowd wearing masks protesting in the streets of D.C., person in foreground holds a sign reading BREONNA’S LIFE MATTERED.

Protests matter, and here’s why

As part of the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity, political science professor Daniel Gillion gave insight into how demonstrations affect elected officials, shape policy, increase engagement, and motivate voter turnout.

Lauren Hertzler

Trump’s 2016 rhetoric and Latino immigrant civic behavior
Book cover shows three people, one on the left holding a flag, one in the middle wearing glasses and one on the right wearing U.S. military fatigues.

"Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants" sheds light on immigrants’ attitudes before, during and after Trump’s election.

Trump’s 2016 rhetoric and Latino immigrant civic behavior

A new book by political scientist Michael Jones-Correa sheds light on immigrants’ attitudes before, during, and after Trump’s election.

Kristen de Groot

‘Motivated to vote’
i voted sticker

I Voted Today! stickers convey the excitement and enthusiasm of Penn students.

‘Motivated to vote’

Co-directors Eva Gonzalez and Harrison Feinman of Penn Leads the Vote push for 100% student voter registration in the Year of Civic Engagement.

Kristina García

Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement
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Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement

The latest theme year was ushered in last week with the Penn Reading Project. In a time of great distance, the University asks the community to think about how it can enact great engagement.
Reflections on suffrage: The 19th Amendment at 100
Two women in 1920 standing in fur lined coats and fancy hats, one holds a newspaper called Woman’s Journal and Suffrage News.

Reflections on suffrage: The 19th Amendment at 100

Penn Today reached out to experts from centers and schools across the University to look at suffrage through the lens of history, this election, and the fight yet to come. 

Kristina García, Kristen de Groot