Future Coalition

Last updated
Future Coalition
FormationJune 2018
TypePolitical non-profit group
Executive Director
 Corryn Grace Freeman
Website FutureCoalition.org

Future Coalition is a coalition of youth-led activist organizations focused on social change. [1] [2] It was co-founded by two of the main organizations that grew out of the response to the shootings in Parkland, FL: 50 Miles More and National School Walkout. [3] The Future Coalition has been incubated by March On, the coalition of Women's Marches, as their “youth arm.” [4] [5]

Contents

The coalition consists of youth-led activist organizations focused on issues such as gun violence prevention, climate change, and social and racial justice. [6] [7] They include: 18by Vote, National Youth Rights Association, Bridge the Divide, Sunrise Movement, Box the Ballot, Students for Gun Legislation, Chicago Fuerte, Coalition of Students, DC Teens Action, Embracing Green, Global Minds, Indivisible Students, iMatter, March For Our Lives National, Moco4Change, March for Our Lives, National Die In, National School Walkout, Orange Generation, Parents Promise to Kids, Platform, Redefy, Shattering the Silence, Student Voice, Team Enough, Triangle People Power, Youth Empower, Zero Hour, and 50 Miles More. [8] [4] [9] [10] [11]

Activist and social entrepreneur Katie Eder (founder of 50 Miles More) founded the organization and currently serves as the Board Chair. [12] [13] Corryn Grace Freeman, a Florida-based social activist, joined as the organization's Executive Director in May 2023. [14]


Campaigns

Walkout to Vote

In September 2018, Future Coalition launched the #WalkoutToVote, a campaign with the goal of getting every eligible young person to vote in the 2018 midterm elections by encouraging them to walk out of their classrooms on election day and march to the polls to cast their ballots. [15] [16] Over 500 individual student-led walkouts took place in schools across the country. [17] The campaign was supported on social media by Hillary Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Piper Perabo, Sarah Silverman, Bobby Umar, Debra Messing, Jane Lynch, Jon Cooper, Eric Swalwell, and HJ Benjamin and was credited with influencing high voter turnout among young people in the 2018 midterms. [18] [1]

September 20 Climate Strike

Future Coalition was involved in helping organize the September 20 Climate Strike, an international strike and protest led by young people and adults held three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC on September 20 across the US and world to demand action be taken to address the climate crisis. The event was a part of the school strike for climate movement. [19]

Earth Day Live

Future Coalition organized Earth Day Live, a three-day livestream commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States. [20] [21] [22] The event was streamed online as part of efforts to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] [22] It is being referred to as the largest online mass mobilization in history. [23]

Vote With Us

Future Coalition coordinated the Vote With Us campaign to promote early voting in the 2020 United States presidential election. The campaign featured in-person events across the country and a virtual rally featuring notable celebrities and voting activists. [24]

March On for Voting Rights

Future Coalition and other notable civic organizations coordinated March On For Voting Rights is a mass mobilization on August 28, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic March on Washington organized by March On and other notable civil rights leaders in response to Senate Republicans blocking the For The People Act.

References

  1. 1 2 Golden, Hannah. "This Teen Activist Is Giving You One Good Reason Why You Should Get Out & Vote". Elite Daily. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  2. ↑ "#WalkOutToVote: Harnessing demand for change, youth-led alliance set to bring power to polls - NationofChange". NationofChange. 2018-11-05. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Young people are organizing a walkout to vote". Washington Monthly. 2018-11-02. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  4. 1 2 Folley, Aris (2018-10-31). "Youth activists plan Election Day walkout to get students to vote". The Hill . Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. ↑ "City's youngest voters want to take you to the polls". am New York. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  6. ↑ Solomon, Lois K. "As midterms approach, David Hogg and youth organizers make final vote push". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  7. ↑ "US midterm elections 2018: All the latest updates". Al Jazeera . Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  8. ↑ "Students to stage national walk out day on election day". ABC Columbia. 2018-11-01. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  9. ↑ "Election Day Walkouts Planned to Get Students to Vote - YR Media". YR Media. 2018-11-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  10. ↑ "WALKOUT TO VOTE | 11.06.18". Future Coalition. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  11. ↑ "The Future Coalition Network". Future Coalition.
  12. ↑ Rodriguez, Victoria. "Students are ditching class and marching to the polls". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  13. ↑ "NowThis on Twitter". Twitter . Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  14. ↑ "Corryn G. Freeman, Executive Director". Future Coalition. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Rodriguez, Victoria. "Students are ditching class and marching to the polls". Mashable. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  16. ↑ Keierleber, Mark (5 November 2018). "Activists Schedule Election-Day School Walkouts to Drive Votes as Polls Indicate 'Unusually High Levels' of Youth Civic Engagement". www.the74million.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  17. ↑ "Why these millennials are organizing over 500 walkouts to vote: 'This election is ours to win'". Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  18. ↑ Lyons, Joseph D. "If You Need Motivation To Go Out & Vote, Just Read This". Bustle. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  19. ↑ McKibben, Bill (2019-09-19). "Why Should You Climate Strike This Friday, September 20?". ISSN   0027-8378. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  20. 1 2 Shaffer, Claire (2020-04-16). "'Earth Day Live' to Celebrate 50th Earth Day With Star-Studded Lineup". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  21. ↑ Stavropoulos, Laura (2020-04-16). "Questlove, Moby, Talib Kweli And More To Celebrate 'Earth Day Live'". uDiscover Music. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  22. 1 2 "US climate activists to livestream Earth Day due to virus". ABC News . Archived from the original on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  23. ↑ "What Is Earth Day Live? The Largest Online Mass Mobilization in History". Union of Concerned Scientists. 2020-04-16. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  24. ↑ "What Is Earth Day Live? The Largest Online Mass Mobilization in History". Union of Concerned Scientists. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-17.[ permanent dead link ]

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