Top 10 Ways This Kit Can Help Your Team:
- Educate members of your campus community so they’re prepared to handle the nuanced, difficult situations that might arise during the 2020 election season.
- Promote student voting and civic engagement with an emphasis on messages and methods that are appropriate, respectful and inclusive.
- Raise awareness proactively during training sessions, programs, in-services and more, while also preparing staff to respond reactively if election-related campus incidents arise.
- Engage staff and student leaders with interactive prompts, case studies and activities that reinforce your training and give participants the tools to handle political situations.
- Prevent political conversations from turning ugly by proactively training students during programs, classes, leadership workshops and more.
- Avoid letting heated political discussions turn into a campus controversy and keep community members safe.
- Save time and effort raising awareness by distributing materials in training sessions, new student seminars, student advocacy programs, political science/civics classes, residential communities and more.
- Strengthen your campus community by showing students how to engage in open, respectful political discussions.
- Train student leaders to make their voices heard in positive, productive ways during campus programs and student advocacy sessions.
- Ensure students know the differences between protected and unprotected speech, so they can make informed choices when engaging in free speech and peaceful assembly situations.