Tag: 2020 election

COVID-19

Tapping the Youth Vote: Student Voting Efforts Continue Despite COVID-19

While the COVID-19 pandemic has altered traditional get-out-the-vote efforts on college campuses, students are working hard to encourage young voters to participate in the electoral process. Miyako Iwata, a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, is already thinking about what needs to happen next. “There is a lot at stake as far as the […]

November 2, 2020

News Roundup

University of Virginia Will Not Cancel Classes on Election Day

The University of Virginia will not cancel classes on Election Day, Nov. 3, despite calls from some students and faculty to do so, The Cavalier Daily reported. “Given the adjustments we have made to the fall academic calendar due to the pandemic, we will not be canceling classes on Election Day,” said Brian Coy, a […]

October 29, 2020

African-American

Kamala Harris Touts Her Howard University, Alpha Kappa Alpha Connections

At 17, in the early 1980s, Kamala D. Harris made her first run for an elected office. Then, the woman who would become a U.S. senator seized the moment to lead, representing her freshman class on the Liberal Arts Student Council at Howard University in Washington, D.C. As soon as she got to campus, Harris, […]

October 28, 2020

News Roundup

Texas Southern University Hosts Early Voting March to Polls

Texas Southern University hosted a “March to the Polls” event for students for early voting for the 2020 election on Tuesday. TSU’s marching band, the Ocean of Soul, led the march, with students following, instructed to social distance while going to the polling station. TSU Interim President Dr. Kenneth Huewitt and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner […]

October 13, 2020

Home

Assessing COVID-19’s Impact on Student Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts

In a presidential election year, get-out-the-vote efforts on college campuses are typically robust as the fall semester gets underway. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has significantly altered the landscape.

September 24, 2020

HBCUs

Sen. Bernie Sanders Proposes Plan to Support HBCUs

After his recent tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate released a plan to cancel HBCUs’ public loan debt, make private and public HBCUs free and issue an executive order strengthening the HBCU White House Initiative, Essence reported. He also proposed a $5 billion fund to expand teacher-training […]

December 2, 2019

HBCUs

Trump Touts Relationship With HBCUs With Eye on 2020

HBCUs seemingly have a role to play in Trump’s strategy for 2020, forcing them to navigate complicated relationships with his administration and their constituents.

October 28, 2019