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Voting Rights Advocates File Suit to Ensure Accountability in May Primary

Philadelphia, Pa. – Philadelphia 3.0, the Committee of Seventy and several candidates for elected office today filed a lawsuit asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to direct the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas to replace Philadelphia’s City Commissioners with interim election officials for the May 2017 primary. The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center and private counsel.

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WeVote at Home: What's On Your Ballot

C70's Lauren Cristella and Cassidy Martin discuss what's on the ballot, how to learn about candidates, and more.

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What Apathetic Young Voters? Committee of Seventy’s High School Election Ambassador Program Grows by 50%

(Philadelphia, PA) More than 950 high-school students from 22 high schools in Philadelphia and Montgomery County are participating in Committee of Seventy’s expanded Election Ambassador Corps trainings this spring. That’s more than a 50% increase from the number who participated last fall. The students prepared to serve as Election Ambassadors more than 1,000 polling places near their homes on Pennsylvania’s Primary Day, April 26.

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What Are Your Bubbles?

To help students grasp the shape and dimensions of the bubbles inside which they live, and to identify strategies for venturing outside those bubbles to experience and learn.

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What It Means: This American Moment in Context

Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian, NBC News and PBS NewsHour, The New York Times columnist and #1 bestselling author, speaks at Seventy Minutes

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Where America Needs to Go from Here: Michael Smerconish & Chuck Rosenberg Speak at Seventy Minutes

Michael Smerconish & Chuck Rosenberg Speak at Seventy Minutes

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Where America Needs to Go from Here: Nikole Hannah-Jones Speaks at Seventy Minutes

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times Magazine and creator of the 1619 Project, speaks at Seventy Minutes

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Why Voters in Philadelphia Can Trust the Election Process

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Women in Nonprofit Leadership Conference

Interested in inspiring action and unleashing leaders? Join aspiring leaders, activists, and philanthropists at the 2018 Women in Nonprofit Leadership Conference to learn more.

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Women in Public Leadership Event

On May 26, 2022, the Committee of Seventy hosted an event celebrating women in public leadership and honoring Judith M. von Seldeneck with its Civic Leadership Award.

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