As with any campus administrator, I wanted to get ahead on planning for the fall semester. But then, the COVID-19 pandemic derailed any semblance of normal. Instead of creating, making, and executing plans in-person, we were forced to reimagine how to host students in a virtual format.
Amidst all the chaos and violence of this year, we've also seen positive changes in 2020. I have seen people across social media platforms, people taking time to learn, starting the work of understanding systemic racism, and trying to find their role in undoing racist systems. It is the hope of many that this self-work continues because it is a never-ending process. But we must do more than self-work; we must turn to concrete action for systemic change.
This election will be a pivotal one for many reasons, but one that I keep coming back to as a civic engagement professional is that according to the Pew Research Center, Millennials and Gen Z will . This gives young voters a significant voice in the election. By using this voice, young voters have the potential to lead efforts to dismantle our society’s systemic racial inequities.
civicnation What’s your core mission Forbes magazine and how did you stray so far from it?