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Funding will support civic education across western Pennsylvania, and boost voter participation in Philadelphia, expanding Seventy’s mission statewide.

Students will learn how to apply for a mail-in ballot. Eligible students will be able to send their applications in, while students who are not, or are choosing to vote in person, will complete the process to without submitting an application to gain the experience.

PA Civics, a statewide network formed in 2019 to strengthen and expand civic education in Pennsylvania, officially welcomed the News Literacy Project and Carpenters’ Hall as the 24th and 25th members of the coalition during its quarterly meeting on July 10. The News Literacy Project, the nation’s largest provider of news literacy education, and Carpenters’ Hall, the site of the First Continental Congress in 1774, join a growing list of partners that includes the Association of Former Members of Congress, the National Constitution Center, the Heinz History Center, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and The Committee of Seventy.

C70 President & CEO, Lauren Cristella, thanked Chairman Bizzarro and members of the Committee, for the opportunity to discuss how we can all work together to improve civic education and increase civic participation in Pennsylvania.

Testimony on Citizen Participation in Congressional Redistricting in the Senate State Government Committee

Draw the Lines PA | Citizen Engagement in the Redistricting Process | Written Testimony for the PA Redistricting Reform Commission

Testimony of David Thornburgh, President & CEO of Committee of Seventy, on the Issue of Congressional Redistricting