Join our event for educators
On Friday, September 27th from 1:00-1:45 pm ET, we’re teaming up with our friends at Project Pericles for Creative Election Engagement!
Join us for a dynamic exploration of interactive ways to incorporate creativity and election engagement in your classes this fall semester.
At Creative Election Engagement, you’ll:
- Delve into the powerful role creativity plays in unleashing and supporting civic engagement on campus.
- Get easy and practical tools to help you incorporate electoral engagement.
- Hear from faculty using arts and creativity to boost electoral engagement.
- Gain insights from Students Learn Students Vote on how you can integrate these innovative approaches into your own work for National Voter Education Week.
This event has already taken place. Watch the recording, read key takeaways, and get helpful resources here.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Daniella Mascarenhas
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Xavier University of Louisiana
Daniella Mascarenhas has her PhD in political science and currently serves as an assistant professor of political science at Xavier University of Louisiana. She teaches courses on political theory and public law. Her scholarly work addresses questions of freedom within political theory especially applied to state punishment and incarceration. She also examines the role of civic engagement in normative theories of freedom. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Political Science Education. She is excited to be a 2024 Faculty Fellow with C4AA, bringing her scholarly interest in civic engagement into the classroom.
Erin Mysogland
Assistant Director of the Center for Community Action and Research and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Peace and Justice Studies, Pace University
Erin Mysogland is the Assistant Director of the Center for Community Action and Research and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University. In both positions, Erin works with Pace students to empower them to take action on justice issues they are passionate about. Erin has a Master’s in International and World History from Columbia University and the London School of Economics where she studied strategies activists used in response to the policing of migrant children. Erin is passionate about youth voter engagement and movements for racial justice past and present!
Eliana Reed
Program & Communications Coordinator, Students Learn Students Vote Coalition
Eliana Reed began working in the youth organizing space in 2020 as the Creative & Social Media Organizer with Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) in Wisconsin. After the 2020 cycle, she transitioned to working with LIT’s national network, Alliance for Youth Organizing as Content Manager. In those roles, she cultivated relationships with local and state organizers across the country to create digital campaigns, trained young communications professionals on digital organizing tactics, and developed and executed social media strategies to grow the movement among young people. Now with the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, Eliana provides communications support for several programs including National Voter Education Week and Campus Takeover.
Connect with Daniella, Erin, and Eliana at Creative Election Engagement Across the Curriculum and Across Your Campus.
Additional Resources for Educators
Our Unleashing Unstoppable Voters is being used by faculty across the nation to drive impactful change. This creative campaign toolkit is packed with:
- fun, interactive exercises,
- helpful tools,
- interesting case studies, and
- much, much more!
Stay up to date on our programming, resources, events, and more!
Header photo: Daniella Mascarenhas’ students hosting a “political party”