AGENCY TESTIMONY
Importance of student-led voter engagement initiatives at CUNY
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Denise Maybank emphasizes the crucial role of student involvement in developing effective voter registration strategies and highlights key student-led organizations contributing to these efforts.
- Necessity of involving current students in creating resonant voter registration strategies
- Introduction of Trustee and University Senate Chairperson Salimatou Doumbouya
- Mention of USS (University Student Senate) commitment to keeping students engaged as informed voters
- Introduction of NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group) as a student-founded and led entity
- Emphasis on the power and productivity of student-led civic engagement initiatives
Denise Maybank
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Offering voter registration strategies that resonate with the student population necessitates the involvement of current students.
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Trustee And University Senate chairperson, Salamato Dombuia, will be testifying before you today, and you will learn more of the USS commitment to the work they do and the events they offer to keep the student body engaged.
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Engaged as informed voters.
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NiPerg, the New York Public Interest Research Group, is a unique entity founded and led by students to elevate their voices and ideas associated with civic engagement.
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It.
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We bring, Megan Ahern, the NIPER program director before you today, to provide a glimpse into the power and productivity of students punctuating what is possible when they lead the way.