We, the youngest generation, turned out in historic numbers AGAIN to elect pro-democracy champions across the country…   And WE as GENVOTE made history with Ascenders - the 1st national youth-led program to mobilize the youth vote to win critical Secretary of State races

We punched above our weight and were a true underdog this cycle 👊🏾 We didn’t have large corporate donors or celebrities - hell, coming out of re-launching our organization, we didn’t have nearly as many resources as many of the “leading” youth voting organizations in the country

But we had f*cking heart and grit. When no one else was talking to young people about the Secretary of State races in AZ, NV and MI, we stepped up to fill the gap and put our blood, sweat and tears into GenVote Ascenders.

From voting block parties for the AAPI Las Vegas community, to talking to voters in Navajo Nation, & holding the 1st youth Secretary of State roundtable at ASU, our Ascenders fought back against fascists who threatened to suppress the voting rights of young people & BIPOC voters

Our team also penned op-eds for Teen Vogue and Ms. Magazine, where we shared why it is so important for young people to care about the Secretary of State elections 👇🏽👇🏽  teenvogue.com/story/secretar…

And in the end, all this hard work is paying off. Our endorsed candidate, Jocelyn Benson defeated conspiracy theorist Kristina Karamo in MI, & while we are waiting for the results in NV & AZ, Adrian Fontes and Cisco Aguilar are performing well in extremely competitive races🤞🏽

Our team is still processing the GOTV results from Ascenders, so we will follow-up with a detailed breakdown. But we can tell you now that our GenVote Ascenders reached out to almost 300,000 young people in just 3 weeks of GOTV for Adrian Fontes Cisco Aguilar Jocelyn Benson

We have the fantastic organizers on the ground and grassroots orgs like Generation Vote to thank for this

GenVote Ascenders reached out to almost 300,000 young people about the importance of the Secretary of State races in NV, MI £ AZ. We knocked on thousands of doors, sent hundreds of thousand of texts & calls to young voters. It looks like all of our hard work is paying off 😈

ITS OFFICIAL, OUR ENDORSED SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE CISCO AGUILAR WILL BE THE NEXT NEVADA SECRETARY OF STATE

BREAKING NEWS: GenVote Ascenders endorsed candidate Adrian Fontes will be Arizona’s next Secretary of State! GenVoters reached out to 154,000+ young people to elect Adrian in this record-breaking election!! Thank you for believing in the youth vote & protecting the Republic 💪🏽

Voters have spoken! Democrats keep control of the Senate!

Democracy Friends: Please help spread the word! Not seeing enough of this coverage in the news around the impact of the youth vote. We really did save our elections this year ✊🏽 SO proud of the GenVoters who put themselves on the front lines for the Secretary of State elections!

This is the new and only way I’m exchanging contact info 😍 so nice meeting you today neighbor!! S. Mitra Kalita

Perfect day for the first ever AAPI Month street fair on Little Thailand Way! Thank you Thai Community USA & everyone who joined to celebrate our beautifully diverse community in Elmhurst! And special thanks to the Thai aunties who insisted on dressing me like an Esan son in law!

We are proud to work w/ Free Speech For People to raise awareness about the importance of having appointees on the US Commission on Civil Rights that actually stand for our generation’s civil rights & freedom to vote Cleta Mitchell’s appt is antithesis to our vision for a just democracy for all

Team GenVote is continuing the fight for youth voting rights at the #MarchOnWashington ✊🏽 We spoke to 100s of people, raised awareness about our generation’s democratic crisis & honored the legacy of the young people of the civil rights movement who paved the way for us today.

Our 2nd panel is tomorrow! “Young People Can Change America: Youth Voting & Political Power” w David Hogg 🟧 Maze 👣 Brianna Cea Andrew Goodman FDN's Evan Malbrough! Register: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Info: altnewcollege.org/courses 🙏 @BARDCCE Open Society University Network PEN America

Last year, we celebrated the renaming of Woodside Ave as "Little Thailand Way." What started as 1 restaurant in 1978 has blossomed into a community of small businesses, a temple, & families filling the street w music, dance & the best Thai food in the country. Happy anniversary!

ROUND 2 LETS GOOOO! Last year’s inaugural Just Democracy for All Organizing Fellowship was in such high demand and a huge success that we are bringing it back for 2024 🔥 APPLY HERE: genvote.org/jda-organizing…