Our Journey to Kentucky:

Next Steps:

1. Appoint a TDC Student Representative

2. Create a place for discussing civic engagement in participatory governance

3. Get a higher response rate on our assessment

4. Galvanizing the Campus

-Utilizing Constitution Day: September 17, 2014

-Need curricular and co-curricular to join forces

Presentation by millennial

activists.

Future Steps:

What can we do?

Our Journey to Kentucky:

Thank You.

Utilizing PLATFORMS

The Democracy Commitment

0.0025% of Campus Involved in Participatory Governance

Overall Conference:

June 4th - June 8th, 2014

#ADPTDC14

What is TDC?

Highlighted Sessions

Election 2014 and Beyond: An i3 Ideas, Innovation and Information

The Democracy Commitment is an initiative to engage Community College students in civic learning. The goal is that every graduate will leave with knowledge in how to be involved and have a voice (take ownership) in their community.

Asked a lot of reflective questions:

1) Who bears compliance responsibility for the mandate of Constitution Day?

2) How do we grow voter consciousness and formal structures to support these efforts at the college?

3) How do we grow voter education?

4) What support is needed or already provided by administration?

How Are We Doing?

Cañada's Community

Engagement Data

Misha Maggi

What does it have to do

with Cañada?

Javier Santos

Sent to all 6,637 students this Spring

Only 142 students responded

Data:

.

2% Response Rate

ASCC President

Student Life and Leadership Manager

A way to engage young voters supported by AASCU (American Association of State Colleges and Universities) and NASPA.

61% of students in 2012 didn't know how to register.

TurboVote has gotten 200,000 more voters in the past two years.

Users sign up and get a pre-filled out registration/absentee ballot sent to them, and receive text alerts of where to vote, and what polling stations are open when. They also run a help desk for any voting questions. A $500 scholarship is available, and it will cost $500 for the year.

Service Learning

A Session from Mesa Community College went over their class on Civic Engagement. They went over their journey on how to add Civic Engagement to their Student Learning Outcomes and their curriculum. They even provided a Civic Engagement Rubric that could be easily applied in many class projects or Student Services Programs.

1. Cañada's Mission

"The college cultivates in its students the ability to...appreciate different points of view within a diverse community"

2. Cañada's Vision

"Cañada College is committed to being a preeminent institution of learning, renowned for...its diverse culture and practice of personal support and development...[in] the global community."

3. Federally Mandated

All publicly funded educational institutions MUST provide educational programming on campus for Constitution Day, also known as Citizenship Day.

Data before entering Cañada and after entering Cañada:

• joined a club or organization 60% --> 39%
• stated they discussed politics regularly 49% --> 52%
• signed a petition 66% --> 51%
• worked on local or state campaign 18%--> 9%

• Only 34% agreed that they increased ability to work with others to make a difference in the community by attending our college

What are YOUR thoughts on the data?

An entire application that logs all our college's student volunteer hours, posts accomplishments to social media, and connects with community organizations on volunteering opportunities.

Free Resources:

"The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times"

Given this book by Paul Rogat Loeb and will include it in the Center for Student Life & Leadership Development Social Justice Library

Collection of stories about overcoming obstacles.

1. What is TDC?