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Age 17
Ithaca, NY
I choose Honorable Jon Lewis and LaTosha Brown. My poster represents “Good Trouble.”
Age 17
Ithaca, NY
I choose Honorable Jon Lewis and LaTosha Brown. My poster represents “Good Trouble.”
Age 14
Ithaca, NY
I choose to paint LaTosha Brown, as she opens all her speeches with a gospel song. I put “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around.”
WINNER NATIONAL HONORABLE MENTION AGES 12-14
WINNER HOMETOWN HONORABLE MENTION AGES 12-14
Charlotte, North Carolina
My design for the Rejoice the Vote! contest was inspired by the youth in her short films. My first film “Chinese Girl Wants Vote‚” about Asian American suffragist Dr. Mabel Lee is currently exhibiting at the Levine Museum of the New South. Although it was conceived for the celebration of the centennial of the 19th amendment ratification giving women the right to vote, it also became a delightful response to anti-Asian sentiment during quarantine, and inspiration for others to learn more about voting and encourage positive change. I was also listed as Charlotte’s Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 in 2019. Still based in Charlotte, I continue to act in various nonprofit and commercial productions, produce short films, and create interdisciplinary projects. Watch my 1st film through North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. “What a stunning video about the life of Dr. Mabel Lee.” – Coline Jenkins
Ithaca, NY
This watercolor painting is of our beloved local social activist, community leader, loving father, and the conscience of Human Rights in Ithaca, NY. Rest in Power Kirby Edmonds 1951-2020.
Age 10
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hi! I was inspired to do the artwork I did, something similar to me, by my interest in drawing faces. I picture a protest and what it would be like voting at age 16. I am competitive, but not toooooooooooo much. May the one who deserves it be chosen!
Age 15
Anchorage, Alaska
I am a Spanish exchange student, residing in Anchorage, Alaska temporarily.
The reason for making this poster was the anger I have inside, I needed to get rid of a part of it. I’m going to try to be pretty unbiased, and I’m going to try not to give any indication of my principles and my values, which is what I would base myself on if I could vote for someone.
The thing is that I thought that in America there was no corruption, no dirty money, but that’s not the case. In Spain there is an incredible corruption, from judges, to politicians, to executives of high companies, that in case you didn’t know, my father pays more taxes than Netflix in Spain. I am very tired of Spanish politics and every time I put on the news I get dizzy. I thought that here, in the United States, that didn’t happen, but apparently it did. I have been learning a lot about your history, your presidents, and the form of government you have here, and I am sorry to tell you, but with Spain, you have one of the worst policies I have ever seen. It’s always the same, they try to make us think in a certain way to let us be fooled into giving power to someone they are interested in. Well, the same thing happens in Spain, I live in Catalonia, I don’t know if you’ll remember it, but you know Barcelona? Messi? Well, I live there, I don’t know if you know the dilemma that Catalonia has with Spain, Catalonia wants to become independent, and the Spanish government is trying to eradicate the “Generalitat”, the Catalan government, in every possible way. Well, the same thing is happening here, I hope you have already noticed, I don’t know if you have seen the speech that one of the two most important people in the country had, 100 lies become one truth, and if, one way to make your opponent unable to express his ideas, is to interrupt him continuously, coincidentally, all of them are right-wing, and I don’t mean only from America, but also from Spain and I think around the world.
Anyway, I have designed this logo to encourage young people from 16 onwards to vote, I don’t have them yet. We are the ones who are putting up with what the top executives created, at least I would like to be able to vote, well… Not me, I can’t, young Americans, who are also people. We know more than anyone how to manage the new technologies and we are getting used to every change, the least they could do is let us vote. I also try to remember how the right to vote, which as usual we can, what we still do not understand is what it took past generations to get it. Finally, I try to encourage young people to vote, I think it can be a good opportunity to change the world, we are the only ones who can change it, that’s why we need to have an opinion.
I don’t know if I’ve managed to reflect all that in my logo, but at least I’ve tried.
Age 11
Philadelpia, PA
I love art. Art helps me escape and is a fun thing to do. My design was inspired by my family. You might be asking yourself, “Why your family?” Well that is easy to answer – my family is always voting. They say one vote makes a huge difference.
Age 11
Philadelphia, PA
What inspired my idea is the fact that minorities are being treated unfairly and it’s to encourage you to vote to help change that even if you aren’t affected by not voting others are. Also a big part is blm and how unfair black people like me are being treated and killed by law enforcement. It’s not fair and you should try and help you know.
Age 23
Stamford, Connecticut
I am a native of Stamford, Connecticut, and presently a sophomore at Rhode Island School of Design, where I am focusing on Film Animation and Video studies. From age three, I have been interested in cartoons and animation. I have long been enamored with classic cartoons from as far back as the 60’s and 70’s; “Looney Toons‚” “Popeye the Sailor‚” and “Fat Albert” are among them. Throughout grade school, I worked on developing my cartooning and animation starting with little, handmade flipbooks. What inspired this piece for me is my feeling that too many of my generation do not grasp the importance of voting. Some would even rather make jokes about it because I think they feel helpless. What I would like to convey to them is that, even though it seems like we’re living in bleak and uncertain times, our votes can make all the difference. All hope for the world lies in us, the up and coming generation, and the divine right we have in the vote.
Age 6
Northport, NY
I am in first grade and I like to paddle board and fix things. I also like to play baseball, football, and lacrosse, and hockey. This picture is going to inspire people to vote because Black lives matter.