Happy National Voter Registration Day! Join us as we work to register 30,000 eligible new voters this year. 

Raise your hand if you’re ready to stretch your civic engagement muscle and claim our democracy: ✋🏾✋🏽✋🏼✋🏻

First celebrated in 2012, National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is a nonpartisan civic holiday where thousands of organizations, volunteers, and young people just like you work to ensure their friends, family, and neighbors make a plan to register and vote! To date, nearly 4.7 million voters have registered to vote on this holiday! Every September, NVRD rallies volunteers from across the country to hit the streets in a coordinated effort to get folks registered to vote (because in more than half the states, youth voter registration is lower than it was in 2018)! This holiday is all about registering voters, mobilizing volunteers, and educating citizens on their options. How cool is that?! 

With an increase in new restrictive voting laws, registering and casting a vote this November is crucial now more than ever. Our democracy simply doesn’t function properly unless we all have (and exercise) a fundamental right to vote. Voting should be easy. And we’re here to help make that happen! 

Check out all the ways you can get involved on National Voter Registration Day (and maybe even earn a scholarship)! 

• Register to vote! Whether you’re a first time voter, you’ve changed addresses, or you want to help get your friends registered, take two minutes and register to vote today. (Not sure if you’re registered? No worries. Take 2 minutes and check your status. Better safe than sorry, right?)
  
  
• Become a voter captain. Help others in your community register to vote by hosting your own registration drive! Sign up to be a voter captain today and help get out the vote. 
  
  
• Make a plan! Whether you’re voting in-person or by mail, make a plan for how you’ll vote in the 2022 midterm elections.  

Thanks for being such an awesome, civically engaged human. We can’t wait to see the difference you make this fall (and beyond)! 

Let’s Do This!

DoSomething

Being civically engaged means taking action on the issues that matter most to you, like mental health. 

New School Year, New Friends equips YOU with the resources needed to create welcoming spaces for everyone to show up as their most authentic and joyful selves. These DoSomething members are tackling loneliness and isolation in school this fall and working to build positive relationships with their peers.

DoSomething member Fatima S., 17 said, “This campaign holds a special place in my heart for two reasons. One it's sponsored by Monster High, a show that helped me move past toxic friends through its portrayal of real ones. And two, because if I were to know all of this at the beginning of my freshmen year, I would've had a better high school experience. So I hope my mistakes can help someone else.”  

“I remember being really nervous when I just started middle school, so I hope that I could make someone’s day a little better,” said DoSomething member Emily N., 14. “I couldn’t find an opportunity to give it to a middle schooler though because I was in high school but today my dad went to pick up my sister and I for an appointment so I gave it to one of her classmates.”

“This campaign is important to me because feeling alone is a very universal feeling. Nobody should feel alone and this campaign demonstrates the simple steps we can take to ensure that more people feel included. Another way I welcome new students into my school is through showing them where their classes are or inviting them to join my clubs,” said DoSomething member Jenny T., 16.

Join Emily, Jenny, and Fatima and build inclusive and welcoming communities in your school this fall. You’ll be entered to earn a $500 scholarship!

Save your spot…join us on October 13 for Vibe Check: A Community Conversation about Mental Health. We’re bringing together a panel of experts and young people for an open and honest conversation about our mental health. This event is virtual and free. Register today!

Our hero today is… Shiva Rajbhandari, the 18 year old who won a seat on his local school board and now is using his power–and voice–to advocate for his peers in school. Bravo Shiva! 

ICYMI…Nearly five years after Hurricane Maria, category 1 hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico this weekend, leaving thousands without power, running water, or shelter. Detroit Tiger, and Puerto Rico native Javier Báez is stepping up to give back, offering free meals to those impacted. Now that’s a grand slam in giving back!  

Fastweb

New Scholarships Alert!

Scholarships for Hispanics and Latino Students

CollegeXpress

Fall is here! Cue the pumpkin spice lattes, apple orchards, and hayrides! Our friends at CollegeXpress are giving away a $500 scholarship (plus a $100 coffee shop gift card) through September 30!

Complete a free profile on CollegeXpress and answer one question to be entered: What is your favorite fall flavor or treat?

Her Campus

Our friends at Her Campus want to hear from YOU! Take their survey and share your thoughts on reproductive healthcare in our nation. Your responses will play a critical role in shaping an editorial package on reproductive health that’ll be released later this year. Make your voice heard! Take the survey. 

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