AGENCY TESTIMONY
CUNY Vice Chancellor Denise Maybank discusses voter engagement initiatives
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Denise Maybank, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at CUNY, presents an overview of CUNY's voter engagement activities and initiatives. She highlights various campus-based programs, events for National Disability Voting Rights Week, and plans for National Voter Registration Day.
- Maybank mentions specific events such as a Presidential Debate Watch Party and "Get the Scoop on Voter Registration" at different CUNY colleges.
- She emphasizes CUNY's role in expanding voter engagement beyond the university to the city level.
- The testimony concludes with an introduction to a project called "Who Represents Me NYC," developed in partnership with the League of Women Voters.
Denise Maybank
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I'm gonna take a moment of privilege and just say that the cause for Helen being and the reason for her passion are with us today.
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Her mother and father are in the room.
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So I just wanted to acknowledge them.
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Moving on, CUNY leading yes.
Eric Dinowitz
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Before you continue, I wanna acknowledge we've been joined by council members Brewer and Boncher.
Denise Maybank
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Thank you.
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Quni leading voter activity.
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There are many campus based activities and programs tied to national voter registration initiatives.
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A special note are the events promoted last week during National Disability Voting Rights Week, which ran from September 9th through 13th.
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The campus disability services offices offered on-site voter registration throughout the week and 2 special events withheld.
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On 10th, the CUNY coalition for students with disabilities, my favorite, CCSD, in partnership with CUNY VOTES, NiPerk, the university student senate also my favorite, and others SPONSORED A U.
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S.
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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH PARTY WITH PRE DEBATE ANALYSIS BY Doctor.
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JAMES VACA.
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ON SEPTEMBER 12, THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTRE HOSTED A GATHERING IN RECOGNITION OF THE WEEK FEATURING STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBOR, A.
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C.
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RIGHT.
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AS YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE TOMORROW AND YOU DO KNOW BECAUSE HELLEN SAID IT, September 17th is national voter registration day and US constitution day.
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So there must be something going on somewhere across Quni.
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Here are just a few examples.
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Quni votes is participating as a national IT as a national voting rights day coalition member.
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CUNY VOTES, USS NYBERG, and CCSD, are initiate initiating an awareness campaign about proposal number 1 on the statewide ballot.
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Legoria Community College.
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It has an event, get the scoop on voter registration.
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And if you show up there, you get free ice cream and information about voting processes and voter registration.
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John J College has a our vote our vote is our voice celebration.
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We have a list of the things happening across the university not only for tomorrow, but throughout time that you will get as well.
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And I encourage you to take a look at that robust list of programming and to consider participating and showing up for something.
Eric Dinowitz
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Oh, I'm happy to participate in the ice cream eating portion.
Erik Bottcher
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We'll we'll get that.
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You will make
Denise Maybank
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sure that happens.
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CUNY LIFTING VOTING IN NEW YORK.
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BEYOND EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF CUNY STUDENTS, CUNY UPPOLLS THE TENETS OF ITS STRATEGIC ROADMAP BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT OF THE CITY.
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In partnership with the League of Women voters, Quni Mapping Service, a unit of the Center of Urban Research at the Graduate Center, Imagineered the website who represents me NYC.
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I introduce Steve Romolesky, director of the CUNY Mapping Service, and lead imagineer to share his phenomenal project with you.