Atlanta Public Schools (APS) marked its fifth year of Democracy Fest, a nonpartisan initiative, with a three-school tour to Maynard H. Jackson High School, Frederick Douglass High School, and Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High Schools that brought music, civic lessons, and peer leadership to students across the district. What began as a capstone project for a […]
Atlanta Public Schools partnered with TCG Impact, UPS, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Georgia Power, UTA Foundation, and the City of Atlanta to bring celebration, games, and democracy to our juniors and seniors across the district. Democracy Fest aims to get students to sign up to vote and/or become poll workers, take an active […]
The 2024 Democracy Fest Tour made stops at three Atlanta Public Schools (APS) high schools to motivate voting-eligible students to register to vote before the upcoming election. Democracy Fest stopped by Maynard Jackson High School, Benjamin E. Mays High School, and Douglass High School with community partners, special guests, and a Wild N’ Out-style game […]
Amid the bustling gymnasiums of eight Atlanta Public Schools (APS) high schools, a sense of civic enthusiasm blossomed within the junior and senior classes through an initiative designed to inspire civic engagement and encourage voter registration. The 2023 Delivering Democracy Tour took place from September 7 – 19 and garnered the participation of some 3,000 […]