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.
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.
Young professionals may engage in public seminars and conferences to become better communicators and to facilitate public deliberative discussions.
The Texas Civic Health Index provides a comprehensive, first-time look at civic and political engagement in Texas. It presents information about who engages in their communities, in politics, and how.
The Texas Media & Society Survey is a broad-ranging survey on the topics of journalism, the media, politics, civic engagement, discussion networks and communities.
The Campaign Mapping Project is a multi-year effort to assemble political campaign materials produced during presidential elections between 1948 and 2012, as a guide to understand the direction of American politics.
Jay Jennings and Meghan Rubado's research found that when there are fewer reporters covering an area, fewer people run for mayor, and fewer people vote.
Susan Nold, Director of the Annette Strauss Institute, instructs students on how to get involved during the 86th Texas legislature.
Jay Jennings, post-doctoral research fellow at the Annette Strauss Institute, comments on the effect of allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primaries on the voter participation rate in Texas.
Speak Up! Speak Out! hosts its San Antonio Community Fair, alongside UTSA's Center for Civic Engagement, MOVE Texas, SA 2020, the City of San Antonio, P16Plus, and Education Service Center Region 20.
