"Party" First: Making Civics Fun in 2020

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Our session will be about what's missing in civic engagement. There is an increasingly high barrier to entry to getting involved in politics and the current environment makes the effort even more daunting. It is more critical than ever that our generation engages our democracy, but how do we get started? Founding Good Politics, a civic activation organization, we've found that removing the barrier to entry is critical in activating our non-engaged community. By throwing fun parties in cool spaces with candidates running to represent our community, we're successfully pioneering a simple yet mission-critical model to get folks involved for the first time. We're not here for the politicos, we're here to show our generation that every single person has a seat at the civic table.