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October 25, 2025
Join a Welcome Huddle
Interested in learning more about the Task Force & how to get involved? Sign up for our next welcome huddle!
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October 25, 2025
Apply to Join Our Team
We're a 100% youth-led & volunteer-powered organization! We're always inviting new organizers to join the team, so apply now!
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October 25, 2025
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Attend a movement call, action, or teach-in!
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October 25, 2025
Become a Donor!
Join as a donor and get invites to donor town halls to see the impact of your support!
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DC Autonomy & Democracy
October 25, 2025
DC Autonomy & Democracy
We're fighting alongside DC organizations and coalitions to organize students to resist Trump's takeover of the District, and demand dignity & statehood for the people of DC!
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Join a welcome huddle to get involved!
October 14, 2025
Join a welcome huddle to get involved!
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Receive updates about upcoming FOIA workshops
September 24, 2025
Receive updates about upcoming FOIA workshops
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We Were Prepared for This Moment
August 16, 2025
We Were Prepared for This Moment
How our team leaped into action following election day 2024, where we are now, and where we're going!
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Frontline for Freedom
August 5, 2025
Frontline for Freedom
Supporting a network of students & movement partners resisting Trump’s autocratic attacks on our rights, and demanding the thriving education & democracy our generation deserves!
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Project FOIA
August 4, 2025
Project FOIA
We're training student-led organizations to use transparency laws to hold power accountable!
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The Rival American: Challenge Not Accepted: Students Speak On University Responses (and Lack Thereof) to Second Trump Term
April 26, 2025
The Rival American: Challenge Not Accepted: Students Speak On University Responses (and Lack Thereof) to Second Trump Term
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How an Article V Constitutional Convention Could Dismantle Democracy & Advance Project 2025
April 22, 2025
How an Article V Constitutional Convention Could Dismantle Democracy & Advance Project 2025
Corporations, through far-right dark money groups are pushing states to call an Article V Convention that could undermine our fundamental freedoms and advance Project 2025's agenda.
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The Eagle: D.C. residents and students on the front line of Trump’s second term
April 17, 2025
The Eagle: D.C. residents and students on the front line of Trump’s second term
Meeting the moment as universities across the U.S. remain silent
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Youth Voting Rights Groups Urge House to Reject the SAVE Act, Vow to Fight in the Senate
April 15, 2025
Youth Voting Rights Groups Urge House to Reject the SAVE Act, Vow to Fight in the Senate
Students from GenVote, Bulletproof Pride, and the Task Force for Democracy advocated at the House of Representatives against MAGA’s harmful voter suppression measure, which would impact tens of millions of vulnerable voters.
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DC News Now: DC college students protest Trump’s education policies outside US Department of Education
April 10, 2025
DC News Now: DC college students protest Trump’s education policies outside US Department of Education
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Students for Voting Rights
April 10, 2025
Students for Voting Rights
Our campaign fighting structural inequality in our democracy by demanding money out of politics, voting rights for all, and an end to the two-party duopoly!
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The Eagle: Students rally at Department of Education amid cuts from federal government
April 10, 2025
The Eagle: Students rally at Department of Education amid cuts from federal government
‘Money for schools and education, not for wars and deportation’
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Dangerous Voter Suppression Bill Would Leave Fate of Elections Uncertain
March 31, 2025
Dangerous Voter Suppression Bill Would Leave Fate of Elections Uncertain
Congressional Republicans reintroduced the SAVE Act, which seeks to disenfranchise millions of citizens through repressive voter ID laws.
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Task Force for Democracy Joins 100+ Organizations in Letter Calling for Senate to Vote No on GOP Continuing Resolution, Protect DC Autonomy
March 17, 2025
Task Force for Democracy Joins 100+ Organizations in Letter Calling for Senate to Vote No on GOP Continuing Resolution, Protect DC Autonomy
Organizations Urge Senators to Vote No on Cloture and Any Continuing Resolution that Threatens D.C.’s Autonomy.
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60 Years Since Selma: The Fight for Voting Rights Continues
March 11, 2025
60 Years Since Selma: The Fight for Voting Rights Continues
On this day sixty years ago, hundreds of young people marched through Selma for the right to vote. For their bravery, they were beaten and bloodied; yet their movement marched on. Videos of organized young people inspired a nation and pushed President Johnson to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Take Action: Call on Congress to Free Mahmoud Khalil
March 11, 2025
Take Action: Call on Congress to Free Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Latest in Attacks on Student Expression and Democracy Outlined by the Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther.
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Task Force for Democracy Joins DC Allies in Denouncing Anti-Home Rule Bill as “Direct Attack on American Democracy”
February 8, 2025
Task Force for Democracy Joins DC Allies in Denouncing Anti-Home Rule Bill as “Direct Attack on American Democracy”
Proposed Bill to Overturn D.C. Home Rule is a Direct Attack on American Democracy and States’ Rights.
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Task Force Files FOIA Requests Against Trump Admin Over Website Shutdowns
February 1, 2025
Task Force Files FOIA Requests Against Trump Admin Over Website Shutdowns
We are demanding transparency after Trump orders mass erasure of climate change, DEI, and LGBTQ+ mentions from government sites.
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Remembering January 6th, Four Years Later
January 6, 2025
Remembering January 6th, Four Years Later
Monday marks four years since then President Trump incited his far-right mob to storm the Capitol and overturn a democratic election.
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How the Supreme Court Made it Easier to Buy Local Elected Officials in 2024
December 23, 2024
How the Supreme Court Made it Easier to Buy Local Elected Officials in 2024
In one of the worst blows to government ethics since Citizens United, SCOTUS ruled on a decision empowering corporate special interests to undermine our democracy.
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The Eagle: Task Force for Democracy Hosts Discussion About Future of Democracy
December 13, 2024
The Eagle: Task Force for Democracy Hosts Discussion About Future of Democracy
Students, leaders discuss democracy under a forthcoming Trump presidency.
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Students for Voting Rights Helps Defeat Prop 128, Protecting Arizona’s Referendum
December 6, 2024
Students for Voting Rights Helps Defeat Prop 128, Protecting Arizona’s Referendum
Learn more about how Students for Voting Rights Started and our first win protecting the Arizona referendum process.
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Three Years of the Task Force for Democracy
July 14, 2024
Three Years of the Task Force for Democracy
Celebrating three years of protecting democracy!
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Stopping a Dark Money-Backed Article V Convention
July 30, 2023
Stopping a Dark Money-Backed Article V Convention
Explore what we’re doing to Safeguard Article V from Exploitation (SAVE) and stop a corporate-funded effort aimed at dismantling our civil liberties.
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