What are students doing to promote civic engagement?
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 covers how students and campus groups promoted civic engagement ahead of the 2020 election.
- The paper reported that Hopkins Dems worked to register young voters, while College Republicans planned joint events with other campus groups.
- The article says Hopkins Feminists and the Political Science Steering Committee helped host “Feminism and Fizz,” a discussion of feminism and politics.
- The reporter writes that the SGA’s civic engagement committee held debate watch parties, voter-registration initiatives and other activities.
- The article adds that Hopkins Votes hosted registration drives, while student Leland Held described voting as the first step toward political involvement.