Generation Vote

Last month, I had the honor of traveling to Selma, Alabama with the Workers Circle’s young adult delegation to commemorate Bloody Sunday and reflect on the legacy of those who fought, and sacrificed, for the right to vote. We spent a few days learning, grounding ourselves in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, and visiting powerful sites like the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, all while connecting the lessons of the past to the fights we’re in right now.

Marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I paused at the top and felt the full weight of the history of Bloody Sunday and the Civil Rights Movement. Standing there, I was reminded that I’m not just an individual organizer, but part of a lineage, a next generation of leaders carrying forward the work to fight for the right to vote and a just democracy for all.

That truth feels especially urgent right now. As attacks on voting rights continue across the country, young people are stepping up to fight for our democracy just like those before us did. And being in Selma reminded me that while the fight continues today, we’ve won before and we will win again.

- Brendan Cushing, GenVote

The “SAVE” Act SUCKS ‼️‼️GenVoters and students from joined our allies at and for a powerful rally to demand the U.S. Senate reject the most dangerous voter bill in our lifetime.

This week, the MAGA faction in the Senate are forcing a week- long theatrics to debate the so-called “SAVE Act”. If passed, the bill would mandate all eligible voters track down documents like a birth certificate or passport (which can cost up to $165) to sign up to vote AND provide a photo ID at polling places.

For the past year, GenVoters have been at the forefront of the fight to stop this modern day poll tax for millions of eligible voters. Use the links in bio to email Senators and join our movement of young people fighting for voting rights and free, fair elections 🔥

The so-called “SAVE Act” is back and the House could vote for this racist anti-voter bill as early as THIS WEDNESDAY‼️

House Republicans have relaunched the same project under new names: the Save America Act and the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act. Different names, same BS: blocking millions of eligible voters from the ballot in upcoming midterm elections by imposing restrictive voter ID, mandating mass voter purges, and intimidating local election officials.

We’ve beaten the SAVE Act before because GenVoters showed up, organized, and refused to be silent, and we can do it again:

📱Call your members of Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act
🐦‍🔥 Join or spark a GenVote Team/Hub in your community
✊🏾 If you’re a GenVoter, join our Base Call on 2/11 to learn how we’re organizing to stop SAVE Act 2.0 and defend our right to vote in free & fair elections (link in bio)

In THREE days, are you ready to kick off 2026 with Team GenVote at GenVote Rising?? We got an incredible lineup of artists, community leaders, and young people who are shaping the future of democracy, arts and culture in NYC & around the country 🔥

🗽 Public Advocate Jumaane Williams: We are SO hyped to have the one, the only, iconic Public Advocate Jumaane Williams join us! The Public Advocate has championed landmark legislation to protect tenants, combat gun violence, and fight for better accountability in government (did anyone else get emotional from the Public Advocate’s inauguration speech 🥹)

🚀 Anatola Araba ( award-winning filmmaker, Forbes 30 Under 30), a groundbreaking creative technologist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at MoMA and who literally launched into space with NASA

🗳️LaJuan Allen, Executive Director, Vote16 USA, a nationally recognized leader in youth civic engagement and a driving force behind efforts to lower the voting age to 16 across the country

✏️Kai Diata Giovanni, Brooklyn-based poet and performer—and NYC’s 2024–2025 Youth Poet Laureate at just 16–whose bold, moving work centers youth voice and Black liberation

🎸MARGIN the Band, an unapologetic indie rock band born from D.C.’s activist scene, turning rage and resilience into music guaranteed to light up the dance floor (plus its led by the fearless leader of )

RSVP at bit.ly/genvoterisingparty (link in bio!). See ya’ll there 😎

Help Team GenVote kick-off our 2026 programs with our first-ever “GenVote Rising: A Movement Fundraiser/Party,” a night full of live performances, free games (arcade games, billiards,foosball and more!), key speakers and GenVote reflections 🐦‍🔥

Now more than ever, we need to celebrate our wins and expand our movement of young people fighting for voting rights and protecting our elections from authoritarian takeovers all across the country. All proceeds from GenVote Rising will go directly to our first-of-its-kind movement offerings like the Just Democracy for All Fellowship, GenVote Defenders (election protection), GenVote Ascenders and the second-ever Youth Electoral Justice Summit. So come join us for a night of fun, joy and learn how you can fight for a just democracy for all in New York and beyond 🔥

RSVP with the link in bio or at bit.ly/genvoterisingparty

Thank you to the GenVoters, GenVote community and all of our supporters for helping us win this year’s Aicher Impact Award and $5,000 prize!! 🎉🥇

We closed out the competition in first place with over 1,575 votes, which is a testament to how much love there is for our movement and support for Generation Vote. Over the span of two weeks, we saw GenVoters canvassing our neighbors, making classroom announcements, and our partner organizations sharing about our work all across the country 🐦‍🔥🔥

We couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you voting every single day, encouraging your friends and family to join in, and rallying your networks to support GenVote. The year may be winding down, but we’re already gearing up for what’s ahead in 2026: supporting our GenVoters with new trainings, developing new leaders in the movement with our fellowships and election defense programs, advancing local and state electoral justice campaigns, and holding critical youth-led pro-democracy convenings across the country.

If you can, help us translate the amazing energy from the Aicher Impact Award and donate to our movement today (link in up)💸