‘We Can’t Let Our Fear Win’: How Queer Young People Are Fighting For Equal Rights By Voting
“Voting is a powerful way to fight for LGBTQ rights and ensure that pro-equality voices are at every decision-making table.” That’s according to GLAAD, one of the leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups in the country. At least 1 in 5 Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ+, and that number is expected to increase. LGBTQ+ young people […]
Freedom Ballot: Let My People Vote
On this day, in 1865, more than two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 150 enslaved workers in Limestone County, Texas, gathered around Logan Stroud as he read General Order No. 3, a dispatch from U.S. Major General Gorden Granger. “The people of Texas are informed that,” […]
‘We Are Not A Silent Community’: The Journey of AAPI Voting Rights Advocates
Sophie Kim is a Junior at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. As the AAPI Affinity Member on the Campus Vote Project Student Advisory Board, she is researching the impact civic engagement has on the AAPI community. Through first-person interviews with AAPI student leaders, and by drawing on her own personal experience […]
Students Don’t Have to Look Far to Create Change
In 2020, half of eligible young people voted, an 11 point increase from 2016. As more and more young people turn out to the polls and use their voice, it is equally important to consider how they are engaging as part of their local electorate. Are students aware of the impact their local elections have […]
Women Have Come a Long Way. We Still Have a Long Way to Go.
Over a hundred years ago, the 19th amendment was passed, granting some women the right to vote. Still, inequities remained. Women of color did not have their rights protected until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Today, things seem different. Although women have the same voting rights as their male counterparts on paper, they still […]
Campuses Invited to Launch Study Voting Study
Campus Vote Project staff and students have developed in partnership with Dr. Emily Sydnor from Southwestern University the National Student Voting Study! The CVP Research Collective has created a survey study for colleges and universities to evaluate the unique motivators and barriers to student voting experiences on individual campuses. Our goal is to help campuses […]
Resources for Black History Month
“The thing about Black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.” —Henry Louis Gates Documentaries/Movies/Tv Shows All In: The Fight for Democracy Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Selma BlacKkKlansman Slavery by Another Name I am MLK jr. The 1619 Project Summer of Soul […]
Researching Native Student Voting Habits
Kamryn Yanchick, a student at the University of Oklahoma (OU) and Campus Vote Project (CVP) Research Collective member, recently conducted a survey-based study attempting to identify the barriers and motivators to voting among native student populations. The study’s methodology included a survey evaluating barriers and motivators to voting for native students in non-tribal elections, i.e., […]
Student Research Evaluates Effects of State Election Laws on Youth Voting Habits
Christina B. Williams, a Clark Atlanta University senior and member of the Campus Vote Project (CVP) Research Collective, examined the possible impacts of state election laws on youth voter turnout in her senior thesis. Leading up to and following the 2020 presidential election, numerous states passed legislation either expanding voter access, referred to as […]
