Baylee Fingerhut

Program Year(s): 2024, 2025

Major(s): Public Policy

Which issue(s) in NETWORK's An Economy for All policy agenda are you most passion about?: Criminal and Legal System Reform and Healthcare

Why are you serving with Y.A.L.L.?: I felt called to join Y.A.L.L. because I believe it is important to help people my age become well-versed in our democracy. I want to help empower other college students to want to participate in the government systems around them and provide information and resources to get out the vote!

Work Area(s):

• Advocacy from Campus to Capitol Hill

  • Organized campus voter registration events and nonpartisan voter education in Fall 2024.
  • March 2025–Led a lobby visit on Capitol Hill with Rep. Dwight Evans’ (PA-3) staff to discuss budget reconciliation in regards to Medicaid.
  • May 2025–Organized a campus vigil to pray for all impacted by detention and deportation.
  • May 2025–Led a virtual lobby visit with Senator John Fetterman’s (D-PA) staff to discuss budget reconciliation in regards to SNAP.

• Published Writing

  • Letter to the Editor, The Hawk Newspaper, October 30, 2024

• Public Speaking Engagements

  • College student leader, Baylee Fingerhut, NETWORK, speaks to #voters at #NunsontheBus Kickoff Rally

• Media Coverage

  • Connection Magazine | Second Quarter 2025 | Welcome Back Y.A.L.L.
  • “Hey Y.A.L.L., let’s save democracy” on Just Politics (Season 4, Episode 4)
  • Connection Magazine | Third Quarter 2024| “Hey Y.A.L.L.: Meet the Young Advocates Leadership Lab”
  • Connection Magazine | Third Quarter 2024| “The Rest of Y.A.L.L. and Our Latest Work”
  • “Students advocate for voter registration on campus,” The Hawk Newspaper, October 30, 2024