Rise – PHENND https://phennd.org We are a network of over 25 colleges and universities that strengthens service learning in Philadelphia, connecting academics with community involvement. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:21:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 Webinar: Helping Borrowers Apply for Student Debt Cancellation – Oct 19 https://phennd.org/update/webinar-helping-borrowers-apply-for-student-debt-cancellation-oct-19/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:21:28 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=80119 43 million Americans are eligible for one-time student loan cancellation thanks to President Biden’s actions in August of 2022. An estimated 35 million borrowers will have to apply for relief once the application goes live later this month.

Please join Rise and Young Invincibles for a webinar about one-time student debt cancellation, and how your organization can help your constituents seek relief. This webinar is designed for colleges, grassroots groups, and civic organizations who can help spread the word about relief to learn more about the application, best practices for encouraging borrowers to seek relief, and answer questions that may arise.

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 1:00 PM

Register.

]]> Democracy Ambassadors https://phennd.org/update/democracy-ambassadors/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:40:18 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=78484 Rise is currently recruiting students to serve as Democracy Ambassadors in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who will lead nonpartisan campus civic engagement work. This is not hourly work; Ambassadors receive stipends for their organizing output starting at $180 with no ceiling on what they can potentially earn as high performing leaders.

Help us spread the word and encourage any students you work with to apply for Rise’s Democracy Ambassador role. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, but will prioritize applicants who apply sooner.

Learn more and apply.

Questions? Contact Max Lubin at max@risefree.org.

 

]]> New Article: Our Democracy Requires Year-Round Work https://phennd.org/update/new-article-our-democracy-requires-year-round-work/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:52:28 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=75493 On June 21, 2021, in Newsweek, Rise’s Mary-Pat Hector coauthored an op-ed with LaTosha Brown (founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund) and Nsé Ufot (CEO of The New Georgia Project): “Our Democracy Requires Year-Round Work.“ Our organizations were the first to challenge Georgia’s voter suppression law in court as co-plaintiffs, and this piece argues that it will take all of us working together—advocates, business leaders, students and ordinary folks—to stop voter suppression and protect our democracy.

You can help by sharing Rise’s tweet with the op-ed (or sharing it with like-minded colleagues if you are not active on social) or publishing it from your own accounts and tagging our organizations (@RiseFreeOrg @BlackVotersMtr @NewGAProject). Please let us know if you have any input or feedback you’d like to share, and thank you for the good work you are leading to defend democracy (Max Lubin, max@risefree.org).

]]> All My Friends Vaccination Campaign for Students and Youth https://phennd.org/update/all-my-friends-vaccination-campaign-for-students-and-youth/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:43:18 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=75271 We are thrilled to announce the launch of All My Friends, Rise’s campaign to encourage students and youth to get the COVID-19 vaccine. According to recent data from the CDC, fewer than 10% of 18-24 year olds have received the vaccine, and youth vaccination programs are essential to ending the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitating a safe return to campus this fall. 

Rise is:
  • Raffling $10,000 worth of scholarships, along with other incentives and fun prizes, to help recently vaccinated students pay for college or pay off student loan debt (enter via Rise’s vaccine portal).
  • Hiring and training 100+ Rise Vaccine Ambassadors leading relational organizing efforts to educate and mobilize peers to get vaccinated in their communities.
  • Deploying regional managers to oversee Rise’s Vaccine Ambassadors and develop creative educational and engagement strategies for youth vaccination.
  • Publishing a comprehensive guide educating students and youth about the COVID-19 vaccines and dispelling common misinformation and myths about the vaccines.
  • Launching a comprehensive digital advertising program on Snapchat to reach hundreds of thousands of youth in the Atlanta and Detroit metropolitan areas.

If you are interested in learning more about these efforts or partnering with Rise on youth vaccine education and mobilization, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Max Lubin at max@risefree.org. You can also follow Rise on Instagram and Twitter.

]]> Amplifying #WhenStudentsVote https://phennd.org/update/amplifying-whenstudentsvote/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:48:32 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=70110

Rise is launching When Students Vote – a project amplifying the impact students and young voters have on politics & policy through their vote. On September 2, 2020 we heard from Congresswoman Lauren Underwood about the importance of young voters and each week, we’ll hear from elected officials at every level of office and student organizers working to make an impact on their campus. Can you please help us amplify the launch by sharing it on your social channels?

Here are the relevant links & social media toolkit below:

When Students Vote on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiseFreeOrg/status/1300834705525207040?s=20

When Students Vote on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmbI3uAH5X/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

When Students Vote Social Media Toolkit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wwQrfcaL3fRPv6GrspNcEE3IdfNcxrOG

]]> Help Us Plan a COVID-19 Response for College Students https://phennd.org/update/help-us-plan-a-covid-19-response-for-college-students/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:31:48 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=66522 At Rise, we’re trying to asses how students are grappling with various challenges from COVID-19 such as sudden employment or displacement from housing. Understanding this impact is going to be crucial for adjusting our plans to get out the vote in November.

COVID-19 has transformed life for college students around the country. Many are being asked to leave campus and transition to online classes to mitigate community spread. Campus jobs have also been suddenly cut back. That’s why we are asking every college student to complete our survey to tell us how they have been affected by the coronavirus.

Even before the outbreak, students were struggling to meet basic needs. These campus shutdowns have made things that much harder for them. To connect students with the emergency resources they need, we’ve launched the Student Relief Fund in partnership with Believe in Students and Edquity.

But we also need to better understand the challenges students are facing. If you are a student, please complete this survey now and ask 3 friends to complete it too. We’ll share the results with policymakers, campus and philanthropic leaders who can help all of us rise to meet these challenges head-on.

If you are not a student, please share this email with friends or family who are so we can reach more students.

]]> Run with It Grants for Increasing the Vote https://phennd.org/update/run-with-it-grants-for-increasing-the-vote/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:46:19 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=63797 Run With It Grant Application
Do you have a big idea to get out the vote on your college campus in 2020?

Rise want you to Run With It.

Run With It grants are $1,500 awards to current college students or student groups (community college, four-year university, or graduate students are eligible to apply) to support your nonpartisan ideas to get out the vote during the 2020 primary elections.

Sign up below to access the Run With It application.

https://secure.everyaction.com/GoXQhe0GiUWPQ0en38z2Tg2

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