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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.

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On August 15th, the Institute’s New Politics Forum kicked off this year’s Texas Civic Ambassadors program by convening the 2019-2020 cohort at the 2019 TCA Leadership Summit in Austin, TX. Twenty-nine students from 15 Texas universities and colleges participated in the four-day event. They learned about civic life in Texas and partook in communications, leadership analysis, deliberative dialogue, project design, and community organizing training. Students met with civic leaders, mentors, and program staff as they developed their strategic educational outreach project to enhance civic health in their communities. For more information about the program and student opportunities, please contact newpoliticsforum@gmail.com.

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Educational Programs and Research

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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 statewide competition for high school students, in which students create art projects that encourage their community to vote during presidential and midterm election cycles.