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Welcome to the latest New Pennsylvania Project newsletter with all the news you can use, upcoming events, the latest podcast, and more!

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Judicial retention and why it matters, explained in 1 minute.
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The Keystone: Pa.’s richest man is pouring money in upcoming supreme court election ([link removed]

“ We have retained every single Supreme Court justice on our courts when we’ve had the opportunity to do so except for one,” Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, said on Thursday. “You have to have a lot of money to disrupt our democracy in this moment, and that is where [Yass] comes in.”
 
Ms. Magazine: Retention or Removal? How a Quiet Judicial Election Could Reshape Pennsylvania ([link removed]

"Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project ([link removed] voting rights activist, warned about recent attempts to steer court rulings for political ends. “It’s really important to ensure that our congressional districts and those maps are not gerrymandered politically or racially,” she told WHYY News ([link removed] “And it’ll be the state courts to determine whether or not people have access to abortion in the Commonwealth.”
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Valley Justice Jamboree



Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York, THE VALLEY Indivisible Love Movement warmly welcomes you and yours to the 2nd annual THE VALLEY Justice Jamboree & Beloved Community Icon Awards at a beautiful, air-conditioned, ADA-accessible venue and authentic Underground Railroad site.

NPP CEO Kadida Kenner will join a panel discussion from 1:30PM-2:30PM talking about the importance of voting

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Date: Saturday, October 4
Time: 8:30AM-4:00PM
Location: 925 South George Street, York, PA 
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Hanover for Progress hosts Why Courts Matter



Founding CEO Kadida Kenner will present Why Courts Matter. Learn how the retention vote of PA judges will impact our daily lives, how to protect the independence of our courts, and the significance of our votes in every election.

Date: Tuesday, October 7th, 6:30pm
Location: Cumberland County (Address given at time of RSVP) 
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Why Courts Matter 201


Following Kadida Kenner’s Why Courts Matter presentation, Children First Action Fund will share the findings from our judge and candidate evaluation process to help you make an informed decision on Election Day.

Date: Wednesday, October 8th, 6:30pm
Location: Online 
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NAACP Main Line 96th Freedom Fund Luncheon

Kadida Kenner, founding CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, will be this year’s keynote speaker.

Date: Saturday, October 18th
Time: 11:30am EDT. Doors at 11am
Location: Desmond Hotel Malvern, a DoubleTree by Hilton
One Liberty Boulevard Malvern, PA 19355
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Lafayette Votes Voter Education Forum:
Why Courts Matter with Kadida Kenner



Explore how to make your voice heard as a student, how court rulings affect students’ lives, and what’s at stake in the 2025 judicial retention elections in Pennsylvania.

Date: Tuesday, October 21st, 7-8PM
Location: Simon Building, Room 109, Lafayette College
730 High St, Easton, PA 18042
 Why Courts Matter in Wayne County


Last Wednesday, founding CEO Kadida Kenner gave a Why Courts Matter 101 presentation to the residents of Wayne county at Settler's Inn in Hawley, PA.

We discussed how court rulings affect our lives, as well as what's at stake in this November's judicial election.Voter Registration at PSU Behrend-Erie
Affiliated organization NPPEF was at Penn State University: Behrend- Erie campus helping students get registered to vote!

Did you know?



In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, 50% of college students voted, up from 39% in 2016 (Tufts University, Institute for Democracy & Higher Education ([link removed] That surge represented millions of new young voters, enough to swing outcomes in key swing states.


Student voters are powerful! That's why we're on the grounding helping them become more engaged in their local politics.
 
Everything we do, from hosting town halls and producing podcasts to knocking on doors, expands Pennsylvania's electorate by engaging Pennsylvanians to be civically involved and encouraging them to turn out to vote twice a year, none of it would be possible without you.
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Trump DOJ Pushes SCOTUS to Disregard Constitution, End Birthright Citizenship ([link removed]
"The Department of Justice submitted ([link removed] a sweeping petition to the U.S. Supreme Court late Friday, asking the justices to uphold President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order that would deny ([link removed] birthright citizenship to children born in the United States, if neither parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. The filing explicitly challenges a centuries-old constitutional principle." ICYMI: Episode 13 of Slingshot The Podcast Has Dropped 
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In This Episode, You’ll Hear About:Gen X to Gen Alpha and how the internet reshaped childhood.The school-to-prison pipeline and proven solutions like diversion and restorative practices.How to talk with young people about civic power and actually hear them.
New episodes every other Thursday.
Watch it on YouTube ([link removed] or listen wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, Spotify, etc.) 
Thank you for staying informed and engaged!
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