Initiative Name

Local networks of students fighting to advance voting rights and stop local voter suppression.

Brief Description

CDCs are coalitions, which is a form of infrastructure. This means that they’re not always directly facilitating initiatives but providing a platform to bring together partners for campus initiatives.

Phase One: Toolkit Development

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Phase Two: Pilot Town Halls

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Phase Three: Full Deployment

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Long Description

CDCs engage the following groups:

  • Student Leaders
    Engaging student government officials, especially any involved with local civic engagement is key to engaging the student body. SGs can also rapidly organize to protect student rights from Project 2025.
  • University Democracy/Civic-Engagement Centers
    University centers or institutes researching civic engagement, civic leadership, or democracy can conduct research, send student-body wide surveys, provide professional guidance on-campus, and pool passionate students.
     
  • Local Allies and Campus Organizations
    Engage with community/campus chapters of national nonpartisan organizations to help with campus advocacy.
Students for Voting Rights

The Office includes senior leadership coordinating Divisions and strategizing Initiatives. It houses advisory bodies, like the Academic Advisory Board, which guide policy stances and democratic reforms to strengthen institutional faith.

Town Hall Project

Researching and addressing issues like voter suppression and gerrymandering, crafting nonpartisan, evidence-based proposals for democratic engagement and advocating for policy reforms to local, state, and federal officials.

Civic Network

Planning and executing events, such as nonpartisan town halls, educational assemblies, and public programming. The Organizing Division crafts materials to educate the public on democracy, civic engagement, and the dangers of authoritarianism, while advocating for disenfranchised communities and collaborating with the Advocacy Division on solutions.

Town Hall Project Updates

How an Article V Constitutional Convention Could Dismantle Democracy & Advance Project 2025
April 22, 2025
How an Article V Constitutional Convention Could Dismantle Democracy & Advance Project 2025
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Youth Voting Rights Groups Urge House to Reject the SAVE Act, Vow to Fight in the Senate
April 15, 2025
Youth Voting Rights Groups Urge House to Reject the SAVE Act, Vow to Fight in the Senate
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DC News Now: DC college students protest Trump’s education policies outside US Department of Education
April 10, 2025
DC News Now: DC college students protest Trump’s education policies outside US Department of Education
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The Eagle: Students rally at Department of Education amid cuts from federal government
April 10, 2025
The Eagle: Students rally at Department of Education amid cuts from federal government
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Dangerous Voter Suppression Bill Would Leave Fate of Elections Uncertain
March 31, 2025
Dangerous Voter Suppression Bill Would Leave Fate of Elections Uncertain
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Task Force for Democracy Joins 100+ Organizations in Letter Calling for Senate to Vote No on GOP Continuing Resolution, Protect DC Autonomy
March 17, 2025
Task Force for Democracy Joins 100+ Organizations in Letter Calling for Senate to Vote No on GOP Continuing Resolution, Protect DC Autonomy
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60 Years Since Selma: The Fight for Voting Rights Continues
March 11, 2025
60 Years Since Selma: The Fight for Voting Rights Continues
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Take Action: Call on Congress to Free Mahmoud Khalil
March 11, 2025
Take Action: Call on Congress to Free Mahmoud Khalil
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Task Force for Democracy Joins DC Allies in Denouncing Anti-Home Rule Bill as “Direct Attack on American Democracy”
February 8, 2025
Task Force for Democracy Joins DC Allies in Denouncing Anti-Home Rule Bill as “Direct Attack on American Democracy”
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Task Force Files FOIA Requests Against Trump Admin Over Website Shutdowns
February 1, 2025
Task Force Files FOIA Requests Against Trump Admin Over Website Shutdowns
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Remembering January 6th, Four Years Later
January 6, 2025
Remembering January 6th, Four Years Later
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How the Supreme Court Made it Easier to Buy Local Elected Officials in 2024
December 23, 2024
How the Supreme Court Made it Easier to Buy Local Elected Officials in 2024
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The Eagle: Task Force for Democracy Hosts Discussion About Future of Democracy
December 13, 2024
The Eagle: Task Force for Democracy Hosts Discussion About Future of Democracy
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Students for Voting Rights Helps Defeat Prop 128, Protecting Arizona’s Referendum
December 6, 2024
Students for Voting Rights Helps Defeat Prop 128, Protecting Arizona’s Referendum
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Three Years of the Task Force for Democracy
July 14, 2024
Three Years of the Task Force for Democracy
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Our Progress

CDCs engage the following groups:

  • Student Leaders
    Engaging student government officials, especially any involved with local civic engagement is key to engaging the student body. SGs can also rapidly organize to protect student rights from Project 2025.
  • University Democracy/Civic-Engagement Centers
    University centers or institutes researching civic engagement, civic leadership, or democracy can conduct research, send student-body wide surveys, provide professional guidance on-campus, and pool passionate students.
     
  • Local Allies and Campus Organizations
    Engage with community/campus chapters of national nonpartisan organizations to help with campus advocacy.

Staffers on Initiative

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Eduardo Sanchez-Clavel

Chief of Staff

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Marley DeRoven

Advocacy Coordinator