{"id":3278909,"date":"2025-04-15T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278909"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:38:47","slug":"interview-amanda-munday-new-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-amanda-munday-new-majority","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Amanda Munday (New Majority)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>No matter how you look at it, youth are going to be living with the consequences of politics far longer than anyone older.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3278911\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-amanda-munday-new-majority\/attachment\/lunchbox2025newmajority\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2025NewMajority\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3278911\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Amanda Munday<\/strong>, the Executive Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/newmajority.ca\/\"><strong>New Majority<\/strong>.<\/a> Their mission is to &#8220;activate young and first-time voters, ensuring [their] voice is heard where it counts&#8221;. They recently came to UNB campus to encourage youth to be involved in voting for the federal election, and she joins me to talk about their goals, scope of activities and encouraging people across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal election is happening on April 28, but there are opportunities to vote on campus or in other places in advance of the election day. Additional information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.ca\/\">Elections Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2668\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2668','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3278909-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Amanda Munday, the Executive Director of New Majority. Their mission is to &#8220;activate young and first-time voters, ensuring [their] voice is heard where it counts&#8221;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2669\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2669','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3278909-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2025-04-11%20Amanda%20Munday%20%28Executive%20Director%2C%20New%20Majority%29.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-amanda-munday-new-majority\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3278911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1766,13707,900,1765,3133],"class_list":["post-3278909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-elections","tag-encouragement","tag-politics","tag-students","tag-voting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NewMajority.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3278909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3278913,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278909\/revisions\/3278913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3278911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3278909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3278909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3278909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}