Want to help get out the vote this Fall? Federal Work-Study students are invited to apply for the JCCP Voter Engagement Assistant position on Handshake. Join Every Vote Counts—Wesleyan, a student-led, non-partisan voter registration organization! They will be doing Zoom registration help sessions and drop-in hours, tabling with voter registration forms, and maintaining a voter…
Want to Vote in the 2020 General Election on November 3rd? First, Register to Vote! Register to vote in Middletown (as a Wesleyan student, you are a Middletown resident), or You can register to vote in your hometown by absentee ballot. Want to Vote in Middletown? You Must: Be a U.S. citizen,…
Agents of (Climate) Change: Local Leaders Tackling Environmental Racism. This event in the Wesleyan Civic Engagement Webinar Series features leaders from local organizations working to confront environmental racism and strengthen local and statewide sustainability efforts. Panelists and how to get involved with their work: Jack Howard ’22, Sunrise Middletown Hub co-coordinator. Sunrise is a national…
The Jewett Center for Community Partnerships is looking to hire federal work-study students to work directly with local community organizations and groups. Apply on Handshake for these positions here: https://wesleyan.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3951765 Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center Seeking students with experience in any of these areas: · Graphic design · Program development · Communications · Creative…
This E2020 event will feature a panel of Wesleyan alum and community leaders (Alicia Hernandez Strong ’16, Julian Adler ’02, Lorenzo Jones, Andrew Clark, Earl Bloodworth and Tracie Bernardi) committed to criminal justice reform. They will speak about their work and their thoughts on the upcoming election. Alicia Hernandez Strong ’18, a leader and…
With Election Day just weeks away, we remain committed to supporting student learning and civic preparedness via E2020. The deadline for E2020 Fall Funding Cycle is Monday, September 28, 2020. Only proposals for remote engagement and support will be reviewed. Funding Support Participants can apply to the E2020 Fund for expenses associated with some software…
This E2020 event will feature a panel of young organizers and agents of political change (Bryan Chong `21, Simon Gaughan ’22, grassroots organizer Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman, activist and campaign staffer Hillary Desideraggio, and New Haven activists Devin Avshalom-Smith and Jeremy Cajigas) who will share reflections on their work and thoughts on how to galvanize young…
The E2020 Speaker Series features an array of public figures from diverse backgrounds – all with compelling messages about the power of students and young people to affect change and the urgency of this moment. The E2020 Speaker Series is a centerpiece of Wesleyan’s E2020 Initiative– the University’s comprehensive effort to support student learning and civic…
Allbritton Center Guidelines for Community Engagement, Fall 2020 Above all, the best way we can support our community right now is by taking extreme precautions while maintaining the values embedded in our Civic Action Plan. Although that means we will have to pause or adapt critical partnerships, it is in the best interest of everyone…
Organizing communities. Strategizing politics. From the Arab Spring to Election 2020 with Esam Boraey In this E2020 Speaker Series event, Boraey will speak about his experience as an activist during the Egyptian revolution of 2011, reflect on his work with the American Muslim Alliance and Connecticut Council on Interreligious Understanding, and offer thoughts on this…
