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Salem State Programs Aim To Get Students Involved In Election
"Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2018" will take place from September to November.
From Salem State University: Salem State University’s Center for Civic Engagement has planned numerous events centered around the 2018 Elections including panel discussions, a voter registration party, and a mock election. “Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2018” will take place from September to November.
Titled, Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2018 and subtitled, What’s at Stake? Our Rights, Our Liberties Film, Speaker and Engagement Series, the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) takes a three-pronged approach to election programming. This includes: voter registration, election education and a large get out the vote effort.
In the 2014 Salem State had a 25.1 percent voting rate and in the 2016 Presidential Election, the university had a 65.2 percent voting rate, well above the 50.4 percent national average, according to a national study on college student voting that included over 1100 campuses nationally.
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“College students have the potential to be a powerful voting bloc in this fall’s election. Through education, encouragement, and empowerment when our students cast their vote they will be exercising their voice in the political process and hopefully forming a habit that will last a lifetime,” said Cynthia Lynch, director of the Center for Civic Engagement.
The Center for Civic Engagement is the nexus for community-based initiatives and civically-engaged learning at Salem State University. Established as part of the university’s strategic plan to promote civic engagement, social justice and connection to place, it is responsible for developing and supporting programs that connect students, faculty, staff, and alumni to the greater community. Through reciprocal collaborations designed to address public issues and enhance academic learning, the center promotes the importance of community involvement and the privileges and responsibilities inherent in civic participation.
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Below is a list of events:
Monday, September 24, 9:30-10:40 am
Constitution Day: Handmaid’s Tale? The Future of Reproductive Health and the Supreme Court Professor Sarah Boonin, Suffolk University Law School
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Wednesday, September 26, 11am-2pm
National Voter Registration Day Party (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Mckeown Plaza
Wednesday, September 26, 12-1:30pm
Fake News: A Real Problem? An Election 2018 Panel
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Monday, October 1, 11am-1pm
Film: The Post (First Amendment)
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Wednesday, October 10, 6-7:30 pm
Community Forum: Why Your Vote Matters (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem, Espacio
Thursday, October 11, 12-1:30 pm
Voting Rights and the 2018 Election Panel
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Monday, October 15, 11am-1 pm
Film: Loving (14th Amendment)
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Monday, October 15, 4:30-6:00 pm
Get Out the Vote Design-A-Thon and Hack the Vote (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Meier Hall, room 307
Thursday, October 18, 4:30 -5:45 pm
Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios in Hospitals: Exploring MA Ballot Question 1 and its Impact on Nurses and Patient Care (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Viking Hall, room 123
Wednesday, October 24, 12-1:30 pm
Gender Identity, Discrimination and the MA Ballot Question 3 Panel (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Thursday, October 25, 11 am-12 pm
Panel discussion on Race and Policing (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Ellison Campus Center, MLK Room
Friday, October 26, 4-8 pm
Early Voting
The Enterprise Center at Salem State University
Tuesday, October 30, 10:50 am -12:05 pm
The Fight to Overturn Citizens’ United: MA Ballot Question 2 (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Meier Hall, Charlotte Forten Room
Tuesday, October 30 and Friday, November 2, 11 am-2 pm
Mock Election
Salem State University, Marsh and North Dining Halls, Ellison Campus Center
Tuesday, November 6, 7 am – 8 pm
Election Day: Get Out the Vote Celebration
Salem State University, Central Campus Green near the Enterprise Center
Thursday, November 8, 12:15 – 1:30 pm
Election Recap (part of the pizza and politics series)
Salem State University, Meier Hall, Charlotte Forten Room
Monday, November 19, 11 am-1 pm
Film: RBG (Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Salem State University, Meier Hall, Charlotte Forten Room
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