Dear CCEP colleagues, partners and friends:
Welcome to the July edition of Engage!
In this month's edition you will see how voter privacy has taken the national spotlight after the Presidential
Advisory Committee on Election Integrity requested from all 50 states, the personal data and voting history of each state's registered voters.
In addition, this newsletter will provide the latest research on voting data, upcoming events in the field, as well as an inspiring story of two elementary school sisters who saw a need for change in their community and organized a march.
In partnership,
Mindy Romero, Ph.D.
CCEP Director
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Public Policy Institute of California
July 11th
To register for this free event, see the event page
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Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
July 12th
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) will be hosting its 4th Annual HOPE Leadership Institute (HLI) California Politics Forum on July 12th at the University of Southern California (USC).
This event, held
in partnership with the USC Unruh Institute, will provide participants with an updated forecast of the current political landscape.
CCEP director, Mindy Romero, will be participating in the presentation, "California's Economic Growth and Inequalities" at this event.
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National Institute for Civil Discourse | Columbus Metropolitan Club
July 12th
The National Institute for Civil Discourse and the Columbus Metropolitan Club will be hosting a conversation on July 12th about restoring civil discourse in society and politics.
This event will be held in Columbus, Ohio and will feature Tom Daschle, former Democratic U.S. Senator from South Dakota, former Senate Minority Leader, James Thomas "Jim" Kolbe, former Republican U.S. House member from Arizona, Carolyn Lukensmeyer, and will be hosted by Karen Kasler, executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse.
To register for this event, see the link to the event page
here.
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Election Science, Reform, & Administration
July 27 - 28th
Reed College and Portland State University will be hosting the Summer Conference on Election Science, Reform, and Administration (ESRA).
The National Science Foundation, the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College, and the Election Data and Science Lab at MIT will be co-sponsoring the event.
This conference will be in Portland, Oregon from July 27 to 28th and will provide a forum for scholars who are working to develop empirical approaches to the study of how laws and administrative procedures affect election quality in the United States, as well as to identify major questions in the field and foster collaboration among scholars.
To learn more about the ESRA conference, visit their page
here.
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National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement Board
The NCLCE, a center within the
Education Commission of the States, works with state and local education leaders to strengthen civic learning and engagement opportunities for students nationwide. For more information about the NCLCE, visit their page
here.
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Civic Engagement Success Story
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Photo Credit: Judd Finkelstein
Napa Valley Register
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Napa sisters lead march for kindness
Talulah and Ruby Finkelstein, grade-school sisters from Napa, are planning a march for July 29th. However, they are not protesting anything. Instead, they are marching for kindness.
"I just felt it was a great idea that people should be more kind to each other in the world, because it made me happy," said Talulah, age 9.
For the march, participants will wear red, "Be Kind" buttons, and they will also have the opportunity at the pre-march event to create their own posters calling for compassion and acceptance.
After the march, participants will get to enjoy some ice cream, cookies, and family activities. To learn more about their Be Kind march, see the Napa Valley Register article
here.
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New Civic Engagement Research
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Public Policy Institute of California
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a new report titled, "California's Missing Voters: Who is Not Voting and Why," that examines California's falling voter registration and midterm election turnout rate.
The report explores the effects of a wide range of demographics, including ethnicity, age, voter registration history, and the growing diversity of California's population. While California has made reforms to its voting process, this report argues that these are not enough.
To find out what the report recommends California do to help alleviate its voter registration and turnout problem, click on the link to the report
here.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recently released its 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey. This biennial survey is sent to all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The results of the EAC survey provide a snapshot of voter turnout and registration trends in the United States, as well as examines the ability of civilian, military, and overseas citizens to successfully submit their ballot.
To learn about their findings, see the report
here.
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California Civic Engagement News
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Photo Credit: Alex Padilla|Facebook
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California Secretary of State denies Presidential Election Commission request
Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, asked all 50 states this month for the names, birthdays, last four digits of Social Security numbers, and the voting history of all the voters in their state from 2006 onward.
In response to this request, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced in a press release that he would not provide the requested information in order to protect the voting rights and privacy of California voters. To see Secretary Padilla's full response, see the press release
here.
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National Civic Engagement News
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Photo Credit: Chandelis Duster | NBC News
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U.S. Representatives introduce Voting Rights Advancement Act
U.S. representative John Lewis (D-GA) and U.S. representative Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) this month in order to restore voting rights protections that were struck down by the Supreme Court during the Shelby County v. Holder case.
Specifically, this legislation would restore protections for voters in states that have a recent history of voter discrimination, and would address recent voter ID laws, racial gerrymandering, and other state-level voter suppression tactics. Currently, over 180 representatives have cosponsored the VRAA.
To learn more about this bill, check out the U.S. News and World Report article here.
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Professional Opportunities
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City of Los Angeles | FUSE Fellow
The City of Los Angeles' Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (EmpowerLA) is seeking the help of a FUSE Fellow. The FUSE Fellow would help create an Office of Civic Engagement and develop a civic engagement website.
This one-year, paid, full-time position would start in October 2017. For information on this opportunity, see the job application
here.
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Share Your Civic Engagement Research with the CCEP
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Are you working to promote inclusive civic engagement? Do you have a civic engagement success story to share? Share your story with CCEP and you could be featured in an upcoming issue of Engage! Please send your short write-up to Jennifer Puza at japuza@ucdavis.edu for consideration. Thanks for reading and staying engaged!
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UC Davis California Civic Engagement Project
msromero@ucdavis.edu
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Kim Alexander
President and Founder
California Voter Foundation
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Matt A. Barreto
Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Professor, Dept. of Chicana/o Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
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Jonathan Fox
Professor,
School of International Service
American University
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Luis R. Fraga
Arthur Foundation Endowed Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership
Professor of Political Science University of Notre Dame
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Lisa Garcia Bedolla
Chancellor's Professor of Education and Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Bruce Haynes
Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology University of California, Davis
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Jongho Lee
Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Western Illinois University
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Peter Levine
Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
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Matt Mahan
Cofounder and CEO
Brigade
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James Muldavin
Executive Director
California Center for Civic Participation and Youth Development
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Karthick Ramakrishnan
Professor of Public Policy
University of California, Riverside
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Ricardo Ramirez
Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
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Jason Reece
Assistant Professor of Land Use Planning and Law
The Ohio State University
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Cruz Reynoso
Professor of Law Emeritus
University of California, Davis
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Dan Schnur
Director
American Jewish Committee
Los Angeles Region
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Shakari Byerly
Partner and Lead Researcher
EVITARUS
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California Civic Engagement Project
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The California Civic Engagement Project (CCEP) is housed at the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and was established to inform the public dialogue on representative governance in California. The CCEP is engaging in pioneering research to identify disparities in civic participation across place and population. It is well positioned to inform and empower a wide range of policy and organizing efforts in California to reduce disparities in state and regional patterns of well-being and opportunity. Key audiences include public officials, advocacy groups, political researchers and communities themselves.
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UC Davis Center for Regional Change
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The UC Davis Center for Regional Change (CRC). The CRC is a catalyst for innovative, collaborative, and action-oriented research. It brings together faculty and students from different disciplines, and builds bridges between university, policy, advocacy, business, philanthropy and other sectors. The CRC's goal is to support the building of healthy, equitable, prosperous, and sustainable regions in California and beyond.
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