SGA joins pro-voting initiatives
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the SGA’s discussion of student voting initiatives and related confirmations.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA discussed pro-voting initiatives at its Sept. 15 weekly meeting, including the Time Off to Vote campaign created by Every Vote Counts.
- The paper reported that the campaign urges 400 major employers of recent graduates to give employees two hours of paid leave to vote, and that its letter had signatures from 73 campuses.
- The article says Streator told the SGA that the campaign aims to help students vote after they enter the workforce; the SGA voted unanimously to join it.
- The reporter writes that Keidai Lee introduced “How to Vote on Planet Earth,” a video project featuring voting commentary from international storytellers and visuals of cultural recipes.
- According to the article, Lee said the project seeks to encourage openness toward people from different races and backgrounds, and it is open to students including editors, animators, scriptwriters and social media marketers.
- The News-Letter also reported that the SGA confirmed Obi Onyinanya as chair and Talal Widatalla as vice chair of the Black Caucus.