Save the Date!

Guest Speakers:

• Rachel Gita Karp, Unstoppable Voters Program Director, Center for Artistic Activism, “Making Every Action Count: Ways to Level Up your Campus Election Engagement”
• Kate Fellman, Founder and Executive Director, You Can Vote, “What’s on your Ballot?”

Student Panelists:

• Charmaine Cheng, UNC Chapel Hill
• Shiva Rajbhandari, UNC Chapel Hill
• Jada Muhammad, NC A&T State University
• Emily Stuart, Elon University
• Moderator: Miles Beasley, Common Cause NC

4-year
Appalachian State University

Congratulations to the winners!

Highest Voter Turnout:

4-year: Meredith College

2 year: Davidson-Davie Community College

Highest Voter Registration:

4-year: UNC Asheville

2-year: Davidson-Davie Community College

Most Improved Voter Turnout:

4-year: Meredith College

Guest Speaker:

• Paul Cox, General Counsel – NC State Board of Elections
• Topic: Key Changes in NC Voting & Election Laws

Workshop Topics:

• Campus Playbook
• Digital Organizing
• Student Empowerment
• Storytelling
• Designing Effective Campaigns
• Standing Up for Democracy
• Event Planning
• School Boards
• Voter ID Essentials

Spirit & Attendance Prize Winners

Attendance Prize (two free registrations to VoteSum24)
Davidson-Davie Community College

Spirit Prizes ($100 cash prizes)

4-year Public: Elizabeth City State University

4-year Private: Saint Augustine’s University

2-year: Davidson-Davie Community College

Guest Speakers:

• Rachel Clay, Southeast Regional Manager, Campus Vote Project
  Topic: “Election Integrity” 
• LaWana Mayfield, Charlotte City Council
  Topic: “Why Midterms Matter”

UNC System
NC Central University

Community College System
Forsyth Tech (2nd year in row)

Repping ($100 cash prize)

This prize acknowledged a campus that represented their campus well throughout the Summit.
Winner: UNC Pembroke

Guest Speakers:

• Yael Bromberg, Constitutional Rights Attorney specializing in Voting Rights and Democracy Law
• Kate Fellman, Founder & Executive Director, You Can Vote

Thanks to our partners at SLSV for facilitating a pre-conference workshop, “Op-Ed Workshop: How to Write for Student Voting Rights,” on the Tuesday before the Summit.

The event included multiple opportunities for campuses and individuals to win prizes. Congrats to the institutional winners listed below! Prize funds are to be used to support ongoing student voter engagement.

Most Registrations – per sector ($100 cash prize)

• UNC System: UNC-Chapel Hill
• Independent/Private: Wingate University
• Community College: Forsyth Tech

Campus Spirit Awards
($200 cash prize)

• Forsyth Tech
• Western Carolina University
• UNC-Asheville – Instagram Creativity “People’s Choice” Prize ($100 gift card)

Guest Speakers:

• Karen Brinson Bell, Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Elections
• Dr. Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education

See highlights here.

Guest Speakers:

• Allison Riggs, Senior Attorney, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Voting Rights Senior Attorney
• Jessica Holmes, Chair, Wake County Board of Commissioners
• Stacey Carless, Executive Director, NC Counts Coalition

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Guest Speakers:

• Aylett Colston, Voting Rights Activist
• Dr. John Dinan, Professor, Wake Forest University

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Guest Speakers:

• Dr. Nancy Thomas, Director, Institute for Democracy and Higher Education
• Dr. David McLennan, Meredith College
• Professor Ted Shaw, UNC Center for Civil Rights, UNC School of Law
• Dr. Rick Morse, UNC School of Government
• Dr. Mark Sanders, UNC Charlotte
• Amy Chiou, #WTFwevote

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Guest Speakers:

• Marcus Bass, Campaign Director, Democracy NC
• Mike Burns, Director, Campus Vote Project
• Dan DeRosa, Director, NCPIRG
• Jen Jones, Communications Director, Democracy NC
• Rachel Clay, Southeast Regional Coordinator, Campus Vote Project

View the program.