STUDENTS! If you have come to this page in order to sign up for our paid TeensVote! Student leader position, please click the button below to learn more and register.
ADMINISTRATORS! Learn more about this exciting project below, or email for more information!
TEACHERS/STAFF! If you have come to this page to sign up for our TeensVote! Staff Liaison positions, please click the button below to learn more and register.
To learn more about the TeensVote! Pre-Registration Initiative feel free to read on…
At Boston Mobilization, we believe young people have the power to make a HUGE difference in our world! In the past decade we’ve trained hundreds of teenagers on the power of civic-engagement, the importance of voting, understanding the state budget and how the state government works (See picture below of Heaven and Ezra – two of our Sub/Urban Justice Fellows – working with the BoyzIIMen youth program in Cambridge).
We are excited to take advantage of a BIG moment coming up in Massachusetts, as pre-registration of 16 and 17 year olds is being rolled out for the first time. Starting this August, 16 and 17 year olds will be able to pre-register to vote so when they turn 18, they will already be registered to vote.
After hard and successful work from the election modernization coalition and our partners at MassVOTE, we are proud to have been funded to do some significant state-wide civic engagement work over the next 3 years.
Our model of teens training their peers to run in-school workshops has received widespread approval, and has the potential to be a national model. This summer and fall, a group of talented youth leaders will lead a train-the-trainers workshop, which will springboard those trained to go on to train others at their schools. By summer 2017, more than 5,000 young people will be trained and pre-registered to vote! With that kind of power, politicians will have to start taking young people more seriously…
Want to get involved? We’re looking for student Peer Leaders, Staff Liaisons, or Administrators who want to bring this work to their schools. Click the appropriate link above or Email if you are interested.