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The Annette Strauss Institute was founded in 2000 on the belief that active, engaged citizens are made, not born, and that society benefits when citizens take part. Through research, the Institute cultivates future generations of citizens and leaders.

Texas Voting Summit 2020

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Students, faculty, and administrators from Texas colleges and universities are invited to attend the Texas Voting Summit from 11 am to 2 pm on August 14th and 15th to learn how to best approach civic participation in the time of COVID-19.

The Texas Voting Summit will feature the following opportunities:

Voter Registration and Election Process Panels
Instruction on best practices for voter education
Connections to the voter registration tools and networks, such as the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), the Strengthening American Democracy action plan template, the Voter Friendly Campus Designation, and the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Unlocking future funding for nonpartisan civic engagement activities for Fall 2020 on your campus.

RSVP Link: https://tvs2020.eventbrite.com.

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College Programs

College programs include New Politics Forum and TX Votes. New Politics forum offers nonpartisan training, educational seminars, and conferences across the state. TX Votes is a student-led organization on the University of Texas at Austin's campus that practices Get Out The Vote activities.

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K-12 Programs

Speak Up Speak Out is a K-12 civic education program, in which students identify a community problem and collaborate in a small group to solve that issue. TexElects is a competition for high school students, in which students create art projects that encourage their community to vote during election cycles. RUReady Texas is an extension of an undergraduate and high school student civic education project from Rutgers University.