February 2023
ENGAGE!
CID Newsletter
Inspiring the Next Generation:
Meet our 2023 CID Spring Intern Cohort 
Fostering a deeper understanding about the importance of election participation and engagement among youth has always been at the heart of CID’s mission and goals.

To that end, I’m excited to announce our 2023 CID spring undergraduate internship cohort. Our CID internship program reflects CID’s on-going commitment to provide students with hands-on experience working on research that has an immediate and tangible impact on civic engagement and the democracy landscape.

This spring’s interns from USC were selected in a competitive process, and will spend ten weeks contributing to projects in collaboration with CID mentor-researchers.

Please welcome:
  • Kelly Huang
  • Double Major: Business Administration; Intelligence and Cyber Operations
  • USC Dornsife College of Letters Arts, and Sciences,
  • Class of 2025
  • Stephany Herrera
  • Major: Public Policy 
  • USC Price School of Public Policy 
  • Class of 2025
  • Erin Buchanan
  • Major: Public Policy 
  • USC Price School of Public Policy 
  • Class of 2024
The CID internship selection process was led by our Internship Coordinator Eleanor Love, a former intern with our Center. CID interns receive compensation and can also earn academic credit.

In partnership,

Mindy Romero
Director
Center for Inclusive Democracy
USC Students Making Their Voices Heard
USC Price Students Protest School Event

On Monday, the USC Price Latinx Student Association (PLSA) voiced its strong opposition to the inclusion of former Governor Pete Wilson as a distinguished guest in today's USC Price School event, "The Legacy and Future of Southern California Aerospace." The recognized student organization called attention to Wilson’s past endorsement of anti-immigrant and anti-equity public policies and said it wishes to hold USC Price accountable for fostering a learning environment that features guests who champion the school’s values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Upcoming CID Event
Mark your calendars for the last webinar in CID’s four-part series “Behind Closed Doors,” which explores the nation’s entrenched relationship between racism and politics. The webinar is free and open to the public.
How Communities Move Forward Toward Dismantling
the Relationship Between Political Manipulation and Racism

March ​15, 2023
12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m. PT
The webinar series is being hosted in conjunction with the USC Price School, the California Black Freedom Fund, the Latino Community Foundation and the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund.
Democracy News
Some states seek to bolster voter protection
Lawmakers in several Democratic-controlled states are advocating sweeping voter protections this year, reacting to what they view as a broad undermining of voting rights by the Supreme Court, as well as a failed effort in Congress to bolster access to the polls.
Democracy Research & Resources
Lessons from the 2022 General Election: How to Prevent Election Crises, and Emerging Issues for 2023, 2024 and Beyond 

A new report from the National Task Force on Election Crises highlights the threats to the upcoming 2024 elections, based on findings from the 2022 midterm elections.

The report details that while greater communication, transparency, coordination and efforts to combat mis- and dis-information generally resulted in a successful 2022 election, threats of election crises still remain and are of serious concern as the 2024 election approaches. The Task Force advises on reforms and preventive measures to prepare and overcome potential election crises in the future. 
Voting Laws Roundup, February 2023 

So far this year, state legislators are continuing the trend of introducing legislation that would restrict access to voting for some people.

A new analysis by the Brennan Center examines 2023 legislative sessions so far this year and finds that legislators have already introduced a record-breaking number of restrictive voting laws.
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The Center for Inclusive Democracy (CID) is part of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. CID conducts a range of national and multi-state research initiatives exploring voting behavior, civic engagement, electoral and economic research, the intersection of social justice and democracy, and more. Its research informs and empowers a wide range of policy and organizing efforts aimed at eliminating disparities in social and economic well-being.
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