SEPTEMBER 2018
ENGAGE! Newsletter
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Welcome To Our First Newsletter In Our New Home At USC Price!
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Dear Colleagues,
We are enjoying our new home, and our wonderful new colleagues at USC Price in Sacramento! It is a busy time for us with several new publications soon to be released. Please read on for a rundown of the many events we will be participating in over the next several weeks. Top among them is our USC launch party, coming up on Tuesday October 2nd. You can also read about the inspiring work of Sacramento County's Youth Commission, as they work with local school districts to encourage 16 and 17 year-olds to register to vote. Check out the inspiring video they produced!
In partnership,
Mindy Romero, Ph.D.
CCEP Director
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September 24th
Family Separation at the Border: Beyond the Crisis
The Price School in Sacramento is hosting the World Affairs Council’s program on “Family Separation at the Border: Beyond the Crisis”. Mindy Romero will be on the panel sharing her perspective on this immigration policy. The event is free to attend, you can register at the link below.
5:00 - 7:00pm
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
1800 I St., Sacramento, CA
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September 24th
'Fake News' and Media Literacy in the Digital Age
Senator Dodd is hosting a public forum at UC Davis to address challenges and opportunities in media literacy education. He and a panel of academics, journalists and scholars will take on topics such as the proliferation of political propaganda on social media, the importance of a free press and charges of 'fake news' leveled at mainstream media outlets by President Trump. Mindy Romero will be participating on the panel.
6:00 - 8:00pm
UC Davis, Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) Room, Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center.
One Shields Ave., Davis, CA
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September 27th
State of Democracy: Countering Threats and Advancing Voting Rights in the U.S. and California
What’s taking place in the national battle over voting rights? What strategies and policies are being used to protect the foundation of our democracy and ensure a fair vote, especially in California? These are among the issues Northern California Grantmakers is examining with two guests, Ari Berman and Mindy Romero, who will discuss these questions with moderator Monika Bauerlein, CEO of Mother Jones magazine, and engage with meeting participants.
3:00 - 5:00pm
1300 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA
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October 2nd
CCEP Launch Party
Please join us for a fun and informative launch party kicking off the CCEP at USC Price in Sacramento! Dr. Romero will preview the CCEP's newly expanded research agenda and discuss the CCEP's future plans now that it has joined USC Price. At the event we will also present new research that addresses what to expect for the 2018 midterm elections. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served.
5:30-7:30pm, Presentation at 6pm
Mulvaney's B&L Banquet Hall
1209 19th St., Sacramento, CA
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September 20th
Napa Valley Community Foundation Event
With the November midterms on the horizon, the Napa Valley Community Foundation hosted a town hall conversation called: Rethinking the Franchise - How Voting is Changing in California and Elsewhere. Guest speaker was CCEP director, Mindy Romero.
5:30 - 7:30pm
Yountville Community Center
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September 13th
League of Women Voters of CA Fall Kick-Off
The League of Women Voters in Marin held a "State of the League" night with a presentation by Mindy Romero on voting trends.
5:00 - 7:00pm
McInnis Golf Club Restaurant
San Rafael, CA
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New Civic Engagement Research
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ICYMI: The Strength of the Latino Vote
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n case you missed it, UnidosUS and the California Civic Engagement Project partnered to release new research in July on the Latino vote. These research briefs are the first two in a series, examining the strength of the Latino vote by taking a deep-dive into Latino voter trends and the factors that impact the turnout and engagement of eligible Latino voters.
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National Voter Registration Day - Sept. 25th
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Every year millions of Americans find themselves unable to vote because they miss a registration deadline, don’t update their registration, or aren’t sure how to register. National Voter Registration Day wants to make sure everyone has the opportunity to vote. On Tuesday September 25, 2018 volunteers and organizations from all over the country will “hit the streets” in a single day of coordinated field, technology and media efforts. National Voter Registration Day seeks to create broad awareness of voter registration opportunities to reach tens of thousands of voters who may not register otherwise.
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Civic Engagement Spotlight: Sacramento County Youth Commission on a Mission!
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The Sacramento County Youth Commission is collaborating with the Sacramento City, Elk Grove, and San Juan unified school districts to enhance the way they inform and encourage students about voter pre-registration.
The impact is tangible. The Youth Commission reports that through electronic messages, letters, flyers, and helpful links on its website, the Sacramento City Unified School District, for example, will increase its outreach by more than 30,000 people. Elk Grove is improving its outreach by sending information to all of its eligible students, and is using a video the commission made as a PSA.
California law allows 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote. Pre-registration doesn’t change the voting age, but it makes teenagers more likely to vote when they become 18. California law also designates the last two weeks of September as High School Voter Education Weeks, when individual schools will hold voting activities such as mock elections.
The 15-member youth commission advises the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on issues young people face. In early summer, the commission determined that only about ten percent of eligible teenagers were actually pre-registered to vote in Sacramento County, according to the Registrar of Voters. The commission formed a voter pre-registration subcommittee co-chaired by
Eleanor Love
and
Lauren Kim
to raise awareness about pre-registration among both teens and adults, and help increase the number of people who pre-register.
Pre-register a young person to vote
here.
More information about pre-registration
here
and
here.
Check out an inspiring video from the Sacramento County Youth Commission about pre-registration
here!
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Mindy Romero joined Capitol Weekly to chat about California’s primary election turnout and what we might expect to see in November.
California influencers discuss CA Wildfires and Climate Change.
Forum examines the Asian-American vote and what it could mean for the future of California politics.
California elections officials gave final approval Tuesday to a new system for counting ballots in Los Angeles County, one that uses open source software developed by local officials and design experts.
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Share Your Civic Engagement Research
with the CCEP
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Are you working to promote inclusive civic engagement?
Do you have a civic engagement success story to share?
Share your story with CCEP and you could be featured in an upcoming issue of Engage!
Please send your short write-up to Mindy Romero at msromero@usc.edu for consideration. Please note that the CCEP is now housed at the USC Price School of Public Policy in Sacramento.
Thanks for reading and staying engaged!
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The California Civic Engagement Project
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The California Civic Engagement Project (CCEP) is housed at the USC Price School of Public Policy in Sacramento. The CCEP conducts research to inform policy and on-the-ground efforts for a more engaged and representative democracy, improving the social and economic quality of life in communities. The CCEP is engaging in pioneering research to identify disparities in civic participation across place and population. Its research informs and empowers a wide range of policy and organizing efforts in California aimed at reducing disparities in state and regional patterns of well-being and opportunity. Key audiences include public officials, advocacy groups, political researchers and communities themselves.
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