Our Partners

FunTimes Magazine plans to engage African and Caribbean communities in Philadelphia through listening, small digital and live events, and Q&A sessions with trained personnel to help share civics information and raise awareness of the voting process. These events will be held at community and religious organizations and will include moderated forums with election officials.

Amplifying the voices of Philadelphia voters and providing essential election news and information.

Generocity will produce a series of fireside chats with local leaders and community members to empower Philadelphians to propose solutions and policies for the Mayoral candidates to consider and respond to, and inform the outlet’s future coverage of top issues.Promoting Every Voice, Every Vote activities and resources in newsletters to Philly change makers.

The PHL Arts Voter Education and Engagement Initiative will include a mayoral candidate forum in partnership with local arts organizations, which will inform the development of the PHL Arts Voter Guide.

Diverse Chambers Coalition of Philadelphia will develop and implement a civic education campaign that raises awareness among diverse entrepreneurs and business owners about the importance of engaging in the upcoming elections, culminating with mayoral candidates and City Council candidate’s town halls.

Climate change has already begun to impact Philadelphia, and the city’s leadership will be essential in combatting the effects of a hotter, wetter Philadelphia. Green Philly, which covers environmental issues in Philadelphia, will host two events and run a robust social media campaign discussing essential topics about the election and sustainability.

Grid Magazine will make a 16-page print voter guide based on mayoral candidates’ sustainability platforms to run ahead of the primary. Grid’s editorial team and lead reporter will profile every candidate running for mayor using a questionnaire created with audience input.

Future Folklore is a youth-led voter engagement project that will combine multimedia content creation and community exhibitions to capture the perspectives and experiences of 18-29 year old Black Philadelphians around the intersections of mental health, trauma healing, and professional development, with a particular focus on those who have typically been politically disengaged and mistrusting of the city government. Humanature works in partnership with The Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University.

Amplifying the voices of Philadelphia voters and providing essential election news and information in English and Spanish.

Indonesian Lantern Media will hold a community listening session community listening sessions for the Indonesian community living in Philadelphia, especially in South Philadelphia, to listen to the community needs and provide voter information ahead of the 2023 Municipal elections.

Kensington Voice will publish news stories, Q&As, and resource guides in English and Spanish based on data collected from Fairhill, Harrowgate, Kensington, and Norris Square residents on what issues are most important to them. It will also host two special engagement events, including an art contest to communicate people’s experiences in their neighborhoods to the mayoral candidates and a snowball survey competition to collect questions from residents to be presented to the mayoral candidates.

As part of its “Love, Liberty & the Pursuit of Justice” project, Love Now Media will set up pop-up storytelling booths at different junctures leading up to the mayoral election where residents can share which issues are most important to them. Love Now Media will also pose questions to participants on local politics to identify information gaps. Information collected in these booths will be researched and reported on, and videos from the booths will be shared online.

Elevating community voices and empowering Philadelphia voters through community engagement efforts.

Amplifying the voices of Philadelphia voters and providing essential election news and information across various platforms.

New Mainstream Press will utilize its Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean print and digital platforms to publish multimedia voter guides, interviews, and policy explainers. To ensure these communities are engaged in the election, the organization will host online and in-person panel discussions and debate forums for candidates, conduct surveys and create discussion groups via WeChat, and create a FAQ based on reader comments.

Impacto, a Spanish-language community newspaper, will launch the "Tu Eliges/You Decide" series, assembling a team of journalists focused on service journalism and investigative reporting in North Philadelphia. The project, which spans print, digital, podcasts, and social media content, will incorporate participatory journalism and include two Hispanic community forums where residents and political leaders can engage in robust dialogue with one another in a trusted setting.

Through voter registration, issue education, and candidate forums, One PA Activists United will engage Caribbean and West African immigrant communities in Philadelphia.

PYV will embark on a one-year intensive project focusing on youth voter education and engagement. Activities will include: expanding school-based voting clubs, supporting the use of youth voter curriculum, developing and publishing a Youth Voter's Guide and Youth Agenda, and holding a mock mayoral election for students.

The Pennsylvania Prison Society will increase voter education and turnout among incarcerated Philadelphians by developing and distributing voting guides for people in custody, their families, and people newly released from prison.

PMC will hold candidate forums and produce a podcast series to inform Pennsylvania voters about the 2023 judicial elections, the courts for which the candidates are running, and the significant impact the courts have on Pennsylvanians and on our democracy.

Elevating community voices and empowering Philadelphia voters through community engagement efforts.