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Vol. II · Cohort 2 · Summer/Fall 2026Nonpartisan · Youth-led · 15 states
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KEEP
knocking.
KEEP
voting.

A nonpartisan fellowship teaching 1,000 young people, ages 17-22, how to build civic power in their state, one door at a time.

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Keep Knocking fellows and Georgia legislators on the steps of the State Capitol
Cohort 1 fellows convene at the Georgia State Capitol with State Rep. Park Cannon, founder.
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A letter to the class of '26

The stakes are not
"someday."
They are November 3rd.

Every primary, every runoff, every quiet local race is a door waiting to be knocked. We're not asking you to be perfect, or to know every policy. We're asking you to show up, for your block, your campus, your future, and bring a friend.

Election DayNovember 3, 2026
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Voter pledge deadline · October 6, 2026

What's at stake · 2026

This isn't a
midterm.
It's a referendum.

In each Keep Knocking state, young voters will help decide governorships, U.S. Senate seats, state supreme courts, and the laws that shape housing, healthcare, and the cost of going to school. We meet them at the door before someone else decides for them.

Alabama

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Lt. Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·Secretary of State
  • ·State Legislature

Arizona

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·Secretary of State
  • ·State Supreme Court
  • ·State Legislature

California

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·Statewide propositions

DC

On the ballot
  • ·Council Chair & At-Large seats
  • ·Federal voting representation push
  • ·Statehood advocacy

Florida

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. House
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·State constitutional amendments
  • ·Local school boards

Georgia

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Lt. Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·Secretary of State
  • ·State Senate & House

Louisiana

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·State constitutional amendments
  • ·Local sheriffs & clerks

Maryland

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·Local school boards

Massachusetts

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·Ballot questions

New York

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. House
  • ·State Senate & Assembly
  • ·Local judges
  • ·Ballot questions on housing

Ohio

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·Secretary of State
  • ·State Supreme Court
  • ·State Senate & House

Pennsylvania

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Senate & House
  • ·State Supreme Court

South Carolina

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Senate & House
  • ·Local school boards

Texas

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. Senate & House
  • ·Governor
  • ·Attorney General
  • ·State Legislature
  • ·State Board of Education

Virginia

On the ballot
  • ·U.S. House
  • ·House of Delegates
  • ·Local school boards
  • ·Commonwealth's Attorneys
Portrait of a cohort

Meet the
Cohort 1 fellows.

Fifteen Door Knock Leaders. Six state chapters, Georgia, Florida, Washington DC, California, Ohio, and New York. From Spelman, Cornell, Ohio State, and Howard, organizing the issues that hit closest to home: affordable student housing, voter access, Black maternal health, deed theft, and the cost of living.

GA · 7NY · 4OH · 3CA · 1DC · 1FL · 1

Want a seat at this table? Cohort 2 opens August 2026.

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Samantha Redding
Samantha Redding
Georgia
Political Science Graduate
Atlanta, GA

Atlanta organizer turning years of service-industry leadership into community outreach. Goal-oriented, deadline-driven, and committed to making civic participation tangible block by block.

Aileen Nanje
Aileen Nanje
Georgia & DC

Bridges the gap between Atlanta organizing and Capitol Hill, connecting state-level wins to the federal policy conversations that decide them.

Jarrius Jackson
Jarrius Jackson
Georgia

Connects young men across Atlanta to the ballot box through one-on-one organizing, the demographic most often written off, met where they actually are.

Malik Roberts
Malik Roberts
Georgia

Mobilizing peers across Atlanta universities, building the kind of campus-to-Capitol pipeline that turns a class schedule into a voting plan.

Nataliah Olden
Nataliah Olden
Georgia & Florida

Cross-state organizer working between Georgia and Florida, two of the country's most contested electorates, connecting Southern student movements across state lines.

Amira McDuffie
Amira McDuffie
Georgia & Ohio
Spelman College · Sociology & Public Health
Tabling · Ohio State Capitol
Atlanta, GA

Gates Scholar at Spelman researching Black maternal health and medical distrust. Lobbies at the Georgia State Capitol with the Spelman Health Advocacy Initiative and leads tabling actions at the Ohio Statehouse.

Sydney Hopkins
Sydney Hopkins
Ohio
OSU Housing Justice

Leading the OSU Housing Justice campaign, organizing students around rent transparency, dorm overflow, and the affordable-housing squeeze that quietly pushes peers out of school.

Nina Leach
Nina Leach
New York
Cornell University · Neurobiology
Black Maternal Health · Juneteenth
Brooklyn, NY

Cornell Biology Scholar who founded a Brooklyn community center serving 160+ families. Leads Juneteenth programming and Black maternal health advocacy across New York.

Rani Green
Rani Green
New York
Deed Theft · Maternal Health

Organizing New York neighborhoods around deed theft and the maternal health care crisis, protecting Black homeownership and birthing rights on the same block.

Nicole Moses
Nicole Moses
New York

Building civic infrastructure across the five boroughs, connecting young New Yorkers to the local races and ballot questions that shape rent, schools, and policing.

Chelsea Jones
Chelsea Jones
New York

Turning campus conversations into voter turnout, linking students to the down-ballot races that decide what they pay for housing, healthcare, and tuition.

Parker Chambers
Parker Chambers
California

West Coast fellow organizing California students around voter access, cost of living, and the policy fights that ripple from Sacramento to the rest of the country.

Kenneth Mitchell
Kenneth Mitchell
Georgia

Working on youth engagement in rural Georgia and creating opportunities for Black students to engage with their government.

The rest of the cohort

2 more fellows
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Rachael Ellis
Georgia

Atlanta-based organizer working alongside Rep. Park Cannon's team to translate state policy into action young voters can actually see on their block.

GW
Gabrielle Wilson
Ohio
Sit-in · Ohio State Capitol

Organizing a sit-in at the Ohio State Capitol, turning direct action into a public demand that state lawmakers reckon with student-centered policy.

The Direct-Action Beats

What they're organizing on.

01

Affordable Student Housing

Fellows in Ohio and Georgia are building campus-to-Capitol pressure on rent caps, dorm overflow, and the housing squeeze that pushes students out of school.

02

Voter Access on Campus

Pop-up registration tables, ride-to-the-polls plans, and deadline trackers for every state and every primary we cover.

03

Black Maternal Health & Care

From Spelman to Brooklyn, fellows are organizing on the political determinants of health, the everyday issues that decide whether young voters can even show up.

Cohort 2 · Aug – Nov 2026

The runway to Election Day.

Cohort 2 lands the plane. August through November, the four months that decide whether young voters show up. Get your name on the list.

States we're recruiting in
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Two ways in

Lead the block,
or open the door.

Door Knock Leader

For the organizer.

  • i. $400 stipend and a certificate of completion.
  • ii. Plan one direct action with support on the issues you choose.
  • iii. Knock doors with fellow students and get a tour of your block.
  • iv. Join a national network of young organizers.
Apply as a Fellow
Door Knock Opener

For the voter.

  • i. Register and complete the pledge by Oct 6, 2026.
  • ii. Get every deadline on your calendar.
  • iii. Vote in the 2026 Primary & General.
  • iv. Join one thousand young voters nationwide.
Take the Pledge
What we've done

From the Capitol
to your block.

Keep Knocking fellows in action
Keep Knocking fellows in action
Keep Knocking fellows in action
Ohio actions

From the government building
to the apartment lobby.

Our Ohio chapter took housing rights straight to the source, sitting down with officials at the Franklin County Municipal Court, then setting up in student apartment lobbies to talk with new voters about their rights as renters.

Keep Knocking fellow holding a Housing Resources flyer for college renters in Ohio
Fellow handing housing rights literature to a student in an apartment lobby
Student giving a thumbs up while reading a Keep Knocking housing resources flyer
Fellow talking with a resident at an apartment leasing desk about housing rights
Two young Ohioans laughing while exchanging voter pledge materials
Keep Knocking Ohio fellows at the Franklin County Municipal Court
By the numbers

A movement, measured.

1,000
Young voters reached
17
Door Knock Leaders
7
States, four regions
500
Doors to knock
For donors & partners

Sponsor a fellow.
Move a generation.

Keep Knocking is a civic engagement program founded by GA State Rep. Park Cannon and operated under her consulting firm. Every dollar funds youth-led organizing in 15 states ahead of the 2026 elections.

1,000
Voters reached
17
Fellows
15
States
Send via Zelle
parkcannonconsulting@gmail.com

Memo: "Keep Knocking, Sponsor a Fellow"

$25
Pizza for a chapter meeting
Feeds a state chapter while they plan their next direct action.
$100
Pledge cards & literature
Door-knocking materials for one fellow's full cohort.
$400
Sponsor one Door Knock Leader
Covers a fellow's stipend for the entire April–July cohort.
$1,300
Fund a state-capitol action
Three fellows on the ground for a special legislative session.
$2,000
Sponsor a state chapter
Materials, stipends, and meeting space for a full state team.

Fiscal sponsorship details available on request. Contact keepknockingfellows@gmail.com.