2020: Student Success and the Public Good
Presentation Title
Keynote Speakers Panel - Call to Action: Democratic Engagement, Civic Learning, and Student Success
Keywords
community engagement, voter participation, civic learning
Description
Dr. Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy in Higher Education (IDHE) initiates by discussing what happened in the 2018 election to make IDHE optimistic; what is happening now during the Covid-19 pandemic and why it is problematic, what IDHE advised to increase student voter participation in the past, and ideas for adjusting to uncertainty in the upcoming 2020 election. Hayley Spellman, President of the KSU independent student organization Wildcats Vote, describes the importance of building campus/community coalitions, transitioning into a new world of organizing for the still-untapped power of the youth vote, and advocating for methods to make elections free, open, and accessible during a global crisis. Ron Orchard, Graduate Masters candidate in Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, describes urgent campaigns for the community that students are called to join, asking participants to focus now on re-defining what is meant by “essential”, listening first to what community members say are their needs before acting on their behalf, maintaining focus during a crisis with no apparent end, and examining how the mission of our organizations might evolve to meet these needs.
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Keynote Speakers Panel - Call to Action: Democratic Engagement, Civic Learning, and Student Success
Dr. Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy in Higher Education (IDHE) initiates by discussing what happened in the 2018 election to make IDHE optimistic; what is happening now during the Covid-19 pandemic and why it is problematic, what IDHE advised to increase student voter participation in the past, and ideas for adjusting to uncertainty in the upcoming 2020 election. Hayley Spellman, President of the KSU independent student organization Wildcats Vote, describes the importance of building campus/community coalitions, transitioning into a new world of organizing for the still-untapped power of the youth vote, and advocating for methods to make elections free, open, and accessible during a global crisis. Ron Orchard, Graduate Masters candidate in Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, describes urgent campaigns for the community that students are called to join, asking participants to focus now on re-defining what is meant by “essential”, listening first to what community members say are their needs before acting on their behalf, maintaining focus during a crisis with no apparent end, and examining how the mission of our organizations might evolve to meet these needs.
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