Moms of Zendaya, Alicia Keys and Jonah Hill Team Up for Voting PSA: ‘Don’t Make Us Nag You’ “Yes, our kids are famous. But your vote counts just the same as theirs,” says Terria Augello, mom to Keys
read moreOn Thursday, Muse spoke with RUN co-founders Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins. Bennet is an actress best known for playing Daisy Johnson in the ABC superhero drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since 2013. Jenkins is CEO of Enfranchisement, a production and creative strategy firm, and has also done a lot of political strategy work. (He was associate director in the Office of Public Engagement in Obama's White House, and helped convince the president to appear on Between Two Ferns in 2014. He later worked for Funny Or Die.)
read moreLed by Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet — as well as Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins and political campaign strategist Linh Nguyen — the organization has focused its efforts on battleground states like Georgia and Texas, where eligible Asian American voters have doubled since 2012.
read more(RUN) Co-founder Brad Jenkins knows what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. You might think being a part of the Obama White House would have shielded you from that, but he’s not alone. It’s an isolating and diminishing experience the rest of the (RUN) leadership team, Marvel actress Chloe Bennet and senior producer Elle Kurata, also shared in our conversation—an all too familiar narrative that will come as no surprise to any Asian American. A narrative they want to take back.
read moreOn a Tuesday afternoon, (RUN) Co-founder and Enfranchisement Productions CEO Brad Jenkins hops onto Zoom with his daughter by his side. (RUN) Political Director Linh Nguyen waves hi to the little one, a wide smile on her face. A few seconds later, Jenkins sends his daughter along her way. She ambles off the screen as Nguyen tells us the light is hitting our profiles just right.
read moreWith support from Taika Waititi and Lulu Wang, Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins teamed up to boost voter turnout at the polls: "This is a bigger culture issue."
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