What is 1st Amendment-1st Vote?

To close the gender gap at all levels of government leadership, 1st Amendment-1st Vote, Inc offers high school girls a non-partisan opportunity to engage in the democratic process, and to imagine themselves in elected office or professional government-related positions. 

Programming began in 2018, and since then we’ve hosted almost 500 participants, including 175 current students from five NYS regions, representing 23 high schools.

Here is a sample of the areas students explore:

• participants discuss the importance, in a representative democracy, of casting an informed vote in every election for which they are eligible.
• the US political process by gaining knowledge and practicing skills to be active community citizens.
• network with women in government leadership or elected office to learn how to  mount/support a campaign for elected office. 
• participants discuss the importance, in a representative democracy, of casting an informed vote in every election for which they are eligible.
• the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. 
• the historical significance of the contribution of Central New York’s Indigenous Women to American democracy.
• Seneca Falls, New York as the birthplace of Women’s Rights in America.