What’s next on the calendar for all colleges and universities? VOTING! If you lived through 2020 and even 2016, you know what’s coming, and students are probably increasingly aware of it too. Join Mindy and Leslie and their two student guests for a discussion of civic engagement on campus and what parents should know in supporting their students’ transition into adulthood with their first election as voters. Join us for a non-partisan discussion with Zoë Jenkins from University of Virginia and Jonah Zacks (yes that Jonah) from Washington University in a discussion about what to expect this election cycle on campus, how your students should prepare and what are some basic things parents should know to ensure their students take advantage of their opportunity to make their voices heard.

Zoë and Jonah are both civically engaged organizers on their campuses with long resumes that involve campaign work, policy research, community organizing, voting engagement and reform and others. Since 2019 they have been active partners as fellows with Civics Unplugged initiative (https://www.civicsunplugged.org/) which is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help young people learn the skills necessary to develop innovative solutions to society’s biggest challenges. Like their colleagues from, CU they are passionate about bringing change, data, action and engagement to their campuses as a way to encourage discourse, collaboration, common ground and activism.