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I Will Vote : Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state's next election.

VOTE411 : Election information you need.   Voting early isn’t just personally empowering – it also helps reduces the strain on our elections systems and helps keep us, our communities, and our election workers safe. 

Online Voter Registration : You can't vote unless you register. Register to vote using our quick and easy online voter registration tool. Happy National Voter Registration Day! Deadlines are coming up, and Beauty Within~Teen Esteem wants to make sure every eligible voter is registered and ready to make their voice heard in local elections this year and beyond.    Update your voter registration »   If you've moved or changed your name, make sure you update your registration! If you don’t register now, you could miss the deadline in your state.   Confirm your voter registration status »   Don’t get caught unprepared at the polls. Check your voter status to make sure your registration is active and updated so you’re able to vote. Once your registration is up to date, encourage friends and family to register, re-register, or check their status today by spreading the word on social media using  #NationalVoterRegistrationDay . Your voice is powerful, an...

Power Your Vote | Get ready for elections this November in states like Virginia, New Jersey, and Louisiana - and the 2022 midterms are just around the corner!

  What’s your biggest back-to-school anxiety? What To Say to Your Kids About Wearing Their Masks at School  Back-to-school is just around the corner for some, and I’m SO thankful my niece's and nephews are ready to go back in person—but with COVID surging again and now with the Delta variant, I have  a few suggestions to make sure they can go back AND stay safe. Experts don't know if kids are getting sicker with the delta variant of COVID, but they do know that this variant is more contagious, meaning more people, including kids who can't get vaccinated, are catching it. There's no need to be anxious if everyone in the school and at home who can be vaccinated is vaccinated, particularly if there's a low background rate of infection. However, in states with a low vaccination rate, high infection rate and low compliance with masks, it's hard to imagine a kid  not  catching this, though hopefully they won't get very sick. But what do the kids think? BWTE, surv...

July is Disability Pride Month! People with disabilities represent all abilities, ages, races, ethnicities, religions and socio-economic backgrounds and are part of our communities. Let’s celebrate and reflect on how to make our communities safer, more accessible and more inclusive for people of all abilities.

It’s normal to be cautious when something new comes along. Getting informed about COVID-19 vaccines is an important step to help us stop this pandemic. COVID-19 vaccines are free and have become widely available in the U.S. Everyone 12 years of age and older is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination. For more info visit: Vaccinate All 58 – Let’s Get to Immunity.

From their academic success to their social skills and mental health, the pandemic is a crisis for today’s children – and the fallout may follow them for the rest of their lives. It is very important to remember that children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. Acknowledging some level of concern, without panicking, is appropriate and can result in taking the necessary actions that reduce the risk of illness. Teaching children positive preventive measures, talking with them about their fears, and giving them a sense of some control over their risk of infection can help reduce anxiety. This is also a tremendous opportunity for adults to model for children problem-solving, flexibility, and compassion as we all work through adjusting daily schedules, balancing work and other activities, getting creative about how we spend time, processing new information from authorities, and connecting and supporting friends and family members in new ways. . The school closur...

Facing the Facts, and Our Future : We are living in our planet's Determining Decade, the world's last chance to avoid a climate catastrophe. It's time to face the facts and take a hold of our future, because when we protect nature, nature protects us.