“We have no reason to trust anything above our individuality, no reason to hear any organization out or trust that any institution has good faith,” writes Celeste Cariker PZ ‘28. “But still, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the progress we want to see in this nation to be resilient in the face of disappointment, to compose ourselves for the sake of organization and lead lives of joy as a mode of resistance.”
Tag: Civic Engagement
Voting clubs across the 5Cs promote civic engagement
Voting clubs across the 5Cs are fostering civic engagement beyond the 2024 election. Through voter registration assistance, nonpartisan information on propositions, and community events, Claremont Colleges League of Women Voters (LWV), Every Vote Counts Claremont (EVC) and the Claremont Initiative for Voter Engagement Strategies (CIVES) empower students with the knowledge and resources to actively participate in democracy.
Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024 election
The Voting Carnival, held on Oct. 9 on Parents Field, featured games, food and voter registration assistance to engage students ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Organized by Every Vote Counts Claremont, Kravis Lab and CIVES, the event aimed to educate students about voter registration and the absentee ballot process.
OPINION: The Claremont Colleges should make Election Day a holiday
College students are notoriously unreliable when it comes to voter turnout – but Madison Lewis PO ‘24 says colleges have an opportunity to change that.
OPINION: Voting alone will not save us
It will take more than voting in the 2020 election to fix the U.S.’s problems, making voting less than the panacea it’s often touted as.
OPINION: Local journalism is dying. Here’s why we need to save it
Local journalism has faced extraordinary challenges over the last two decades, leading to the closure or consolidation of nearly 20% of local papers since 2004. As a result, almost 1,400 communities throughout the U.S. have been left without any local newspapers, creating news deserts, according to a report by the