PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The annual Philly Rises tour to drum up civic engagement among high school students kicked off Monday at Carver High School of Engineering and Science in North Philadelphia.
The tour teaches students about civic participation and registers 18-year-olds to vote.
“Public school, charter school, Catholic schools, private schools, we recruit poll workers and we remind students about how critical it is for them to vote,” said Philadelphia City Commission Chair Omar Sabir. The City Commission operates the tour, along with organizations like the Urban League of Greater Philadelphia, the NAACP, and the Committee of Seventy, Sabir said. The kickoff took place on the eve of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday…