Welcome Lucille Wenegieme, our new Executive Director!
We’re thrilled to announce that Lucille Wenegieme has been named HeadCount’s next executive director! Lucille, a 32-year-old first-generation Nigerian-American, spent the majority of her professional career as a champion of democracy and will bring a new energy and perspective to our work. “The world is changing and the next election won’t be decided by the traditional political…
Dead & Co. Raise $1 Million Via Final Tour Charity Auctions with HeadCount
With eight more shows left on the Dead & Company’s sold-out “Final Tour,” the band is already setting records for charitable contributions made by their fans. This year’s series of memorabilia auctions have reached $1 million in just over a month, making it the most lucrative auction series in the band’s eight-year history. A single…
A Letter From Our Founder
A fundamental idea behind HeadCount is that young people have the most at stake in democracy and deserve an equal share of power. As a country and planet, it’s our collective duty to take what we build and hand it off to the next generation. This philosophy also applies to the organization itself. With that…
It’s Volunteer Appreciation Month
Did you know HeadCount started as an all-volunteer organization? We are celebrating our 60,000+ volunteers across the country for all of their hard work and dedication. Thank you to all of you who put in countless hours registering and engaging voters in democracy. Please meet some of the folks that that make up our phenomenal…
Jessy Tolkan appointed chairperson of HeadCount’s Board of Directors
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of philanthropist and environmental activist Jessy Tolkan as chairperson of our Board of Directors. She succeeds music industry veteran Peter Shapiro, who recently completed his four-year term as board chair and will maintain a seat on the board. “I’ve spent the last two decades as a fighter for democracy…
Thirst Dies; Democracy Lives
In 2021, Georgia passed a law that made it illegal to hand out water within 150 feet of a polling place in the state of Georgia. So we’ve teamed up with Liquid Death to hand out water all over the state – just about everywhere except at polling places. With each can we also hand…
150,000 voters registered
HeadCount has registered 150,00 voters this year! Congress is up for grabs this midterm election. 35 Senate seats and the entire House Of Representatives are on the ballot – and these are the people that will write and pass our federal laws. There are also 36 governors and countless state legislators up for election –…
2022 Dead & Company Summer Tour
One-of-a-kind art on D’Angelico Guitars Announcing a new set of one-of-a-kind, hand illustrated guitars for the Dead & Company Summer Tour 2022. We’ve partnered with D’Angelico and AJ Masthay to auction off the guitars at Participation Row. The funds generated from this auction will be split between HeadCount, REVERB, and various Dead Family Charities The…
The Jamily
Founded by Beverly Porway and Craig Rutman – Just two lifelong Dead Heads who decided that it was time to do something to give back to the band who has provided the soundtrack to our lives. So we decided to fundraise for causes that are near and dear to the band (HeadCount, ReVerb, Why Hunger)….
Participation Row sets a record at Okeechobee Music Festival
HeadCount has hosted Participation Row onsite at Okeechobee Music Festival each year since the festival inception. Participation Row has been an instrumental part of connecting music fans from all over the world to the local Okeechobee County community year after year. HeadCount has registered thousands of voters during this time and has encouraged civic participation…