About the DC Young Suffragists

Kids ages 4-12 learning about democracy and voting rights through education and civic action.

Read our Case for Support.

The DC Young Suffragists group was founded in 2003 by DC neighbors interested in helping kids learn about our city and democracy. Open to boys and girls ages 4-12, we hold family workshops and go on field trips to learn about and improve Washington DC's unique status in our country. We hope that by the time our oldest members are 18, they will be voting for senators and a representative from Washington DC.

We model our methods on those of the women suffragists of the early 20th century, who worked hard to gain votes for women in 1919.

We learn from the work of dedicated civil rights and voting rights activists in the mid-1900s.

We work with DC Vote to learn how people today try to gain voting rights for DC residents.

We visit the US Capitol to watch democracy in action. We try to meet with real senators and house members, all representing other Americans, to understand what we can do to gain senators and a voting representative for Washingtonians.

Kids plan and hold rallies to support the cause. We make our own posters, we think up slogans and chants, and we call reporters to tell them about our plans.

Next year we hope to have programs at two or three more schools in DC.