Minnesotans were deeply divided during the last election. This time we can come together as Minnesotans and vote for the future together.
Learn about how we can bring together the campus community to be actively engaged in civic life. We will discuss how we can develop a plan of action in the coming year to ensure that students are informed, motivated and engaged this election. With your help we can make voting fun and empower students to have their voice heard.
2. We are losing
faith in
democracy
SLIDE / 2 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
3. LEADMN | COLLEGE STUDENTS CONNECTING FOR CHANGESLIDE | 3
Millennials are indifferent
about Democracy
4. LEADMN | COLLEGE STUDENTS CONNECTING FOR CHANGESLIDE | 4
We can’t stand each other
5. 1. Pledge and Reg
2. Campus Dialogue on Issues
3. Party at the Polls
SLIDE / 5 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
How do we
change this?
6. TED Talk
Let’s find the
joy of voting
SLIDE / 6 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
7.
8. Activity
• What are the 3 must have elements of
your event?
• What unique idea will make it FUN?
• What is your awareness strategy?
www.yourwebsite.comSLIDE / 7 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
9. Activity
• Break into groups of 8 and plan out
your event.
• Write answers on the sheet and be
prepared to share
www.yourwebsite.comSLIDE / 8 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
10. 1. Co-host civic engagement meeting on
campus with LeadMN in April.
2. Start planning your campus “Party @ the
Polls event for November 5 & 6.
SLIDE / 9 LEADMN | 60 MINUTES OF DELIBERATION
Next Steps
Editor's Notes
It feels like people everywhere are down on democracy. Especially young people.
In fact, so rampant is democratic indifference and disengagement among millennials that a shocking share of them are open to trying something new—like, say, government by military coup.
Younger generations in long-standing democracies are much less likely to consider it “essential” to live in a democracy than earlier cohorts. To illustrate the point, we showed the proportion of respondents across different birth cohorts giving the maximum result of 10.
Partisans’ views of the opposing party are now more negative than at any point in nearly a quarter of a century.
For the first time in surveys dating to 1992, majorities in both parties express not just unfavorable but very unfavorable views of the other party. And today, sizable shares of both Democrats and Republicans say the other party stirs feelings of not just frustration, but fear and anger.
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https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_there_s_no_such_thing_as_not_voting#t-298351
1. We will review the NSLVE data, discuss what work you campus already does and what else could you do to prepare students to be civically engaged and discuss next steps.