Campus Election Engagement Project is committed to embracing diversity, equity and inclusion as core values of the organization that flow through everything we do. Our Board of Directors, in collaboration with our staff-led Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, has adopted the following statement to serve as our guiding principles. [...]
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and many of us are still looking for that special someone to celebrate the day. If you are a student who loves voting, wants all of your friends to vote and constantly talks to your friends about the importance of voting, these [...]
We have lots of content planned for Black History Month 2021, many of which we’ll collect in a toolkit for partners to use. (Check back as we add more to it through the month of February.) We thought we’d also pass along some suggestions: Film Watch Party & Discussion – [...]
©The Guardian “Senator Sanders, who are you wearing?” “The mittens are Jen Ellis” Senator Bernie Sanders’ (VT) mittens were certainly among the more popular the topics of conversation this past week as a result of the inauguration, across all political affiliations. Memes depicting Senator Sanders merely sitting in the audience have [...]
Generation Z, or Gen Z, had a substantial presence at the ballot box in 2020. Political parties, civic organizations, and campaigns all fought to ensure that they turned out for Election Day. However, many leaders of these groups do not know how to connect with young adults, creating kitschy [...]
Loeb Returns To Writing Roots Paul Loeb, founder and President of Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), announced Jan. 6 that he is transitioning out of his role with the leading organization for engaging students in elections on American college and university campuses. He plans to return to writing on politics [...]
The Role of Social Media in The 2020 Election As an organization dedicated to empowering college students to become voters, a large part of CEEP’s work involves meeting students where they are at. Often, that means social media platforms. It’s how students communicate, find entertainment, educate themselves and participate in [...]
CEEP knew civic engagement in this election cycle would look different. Strategies used in past election cycles, would have to change to meet the challenges posed by COVID-19. Tabling, door-knocking and civic dialogues would all have to be abandoned or adapted. One might expect staring down the barrels of [...]
Wisconsin Fellows faced a series of unique challenges in the Fall 2020 semester as they worked to engage their peers in the electoral process: a worsening public health crisis that forced many institutions to significantly alter their operations mid-semester (and resulted in many students moving off campus) and a [...]
https://campuselect.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CEEPAZNV_REEL.mp4 What a semester it has been! During the past three months, students across Arizona and Nevada fiercely thought outside of the box to create voting movements that would go viral. These students represent a national effort organized by CEEP’s Fellowship program. Between Arizona and Nevada, twelve students took the challenge [...]
