What’s New with ADP? June 2016 Edition

June 2016 Edition

SAVE THE DATES

• #CLDE17: 2017 Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement Meeting
  Wednesday June 7, 2017 to Saturday, June 10, 2017
  Baltimore Marriott Waterfront • Baltimore, Maryland                  

• ADP/TDC Engage the Election 2016 Webinars | RSVP information to come
  • July 28^th at 2 p.m. Eastern | Walk2Vote Webinar
    John Locke, student body president, University of Houston-Downtown
  • August 24^th at 2 p.m. Eastern | Increasing Campus Voter Registration
    Matt Tharp, TurboVote and campus representatives

ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES

• Is Your Campus ALL IN?
  This national, non-partisan initiative recognizes campuses for their commitment to improving democratic engagement, increasing student voter participation rates, and graduating students with a lifelong commitment to being informed and active citizens. ADP is proud to support this important effort and excited that 14 ADP campuses have already signed up! If your campus has already joined the ALL IN Challenge (view list here), congratulations on being ALL IN! If not, ADP and Zaneeta Daver, director of the ALL IN Challenge, invite you to learn more at allinchallenge.org.
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  2016 Civic Engagement Awards Recipients (L-R: Purcell, Bennion, Lorden)

  2016 Civic Engagement Awards Recipients

  • Elizabeth Bennion (Indiana University South Bend) & Molly Kerby (Western Kentucky University), Burch Award recipients
  • Joan Lorden (UNC Charlotte), Plater Award recipient
  • Jennifer Purcell (Kennesaw State University), Satlmarsh Award recipient

• CLDE16 in Review
  A review of our recent 2016 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. which brought together a collection of faculty, students, administrators, community partners and representatives from our national sponsor and partner organizations committed to advancing civic learning and democratic engagement through higher education.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• “Developing an Active Citizenry Through Student Political Engagement”
  The spring 2016 edition of AASCU’s Public Purpose magazine includes a story on “Developing an Active Citizenry Through Student Political Engagement” which features the work of AASCU/ADP campuses including the University of Houston-Downtown, Indiana State University, and the University of South Carolina Upstate. Download a free copy of the article here (pdf).
• CIRCLE’s Analysis of Trump & Young Voters

PARTNERS & FRIENDS

• Introducing Roadtrip Nation!
• Campus Vote Project’s State Voting Guides
• National Voter Registration Day is September 27th: Sign up to partner by July 15^th!

ADP ON TWITTER

@TurboVote: @ADPaascu highlights @indianastate’s Amazing Race (to the White House), tweet-ups & creative civic engagement

@CampusVote: Great week in Indy for #CLDE16 continuing the conversation today with #studentleaders @Campus_Leaders #walkthevote

@ADPaascu: What are your NSLVE rates? #voting #nonpartisan #CLDE16

@ADPaascu: #Cldeindy panel on religious freedom & LGBTQ rights with @RepWesco @freedom_indiana @ACLUIndiana @chrispaulsen

@Sreynolds05: When your networks display higher rates of voter turnout. #CLDE16 @ADPaascu @NASPAtweets @TDCNational

2016-2017 DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

July

• July 4: Independence Day
• July 28: ADP/TDC Walk2Vote Webinar

August

• August 1-6: ADP Stewardship of Public Lands Seminar, Yellowstone
• August 24: ADP/TDC TurboVote Webinar

September

• September 5 :  Labor Day
• September 11:  September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
• September 24:  National Public Lands Day
• September 27:  National Voter Registration Day
• September 26-28: International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) conference, New Orleans, La.

October

• October 6-8:  Imagining America conference, Milwaukee, Wis.
• October 11-12:  Engagement Scholarship Consortium conference, University of Nebraska
• October 13-14:  National Conference on Citizenship, Washington, D.C.
• October 16-18:  Assessment Institute at IUPUI, Indianapolis, Ind.

November

• November 8:  Election Day
• November 11: Veteran’s Day
• November 11-12: CSNAP! Student Service Leaders Conference, Asheville, N.C.