Local ice cream and absentee ballot request forms... who knew that these two things were such a successful combination?
This past Wednesday (October 13), AAA teamed up with the Institute of Politics - National Campaign to host "Brain Break for the Ballot", an ice-cream brain break at Annenberg Hall that aimed to get students to request absentee ballots for the upcoming general election. 2010 marks the midterm elections, which means every House seat is on the ballot, along with 1/3 of the Senate seats, many governorships, and local positions. On Study Card Day last month, hundreds of students of the Class of 2014 registered to vote as they turned in their study card, and our event was designed to help them with the next step -- getting a ballot to vote.
students requesting absentee ballots on the ice cream line
ice cream!
We were successful! Over 200 forms were filled and seven large tubs of delicious ice cream were consumed. In terms of AAA's goals, we succeeded at working to increase civic participation among Asian American students and the student body at large.
This event would not have been possible without the great help of the Institute of Politics, the Harvard Democrats, and the Harvard Republicans. More exciting Ed/Pol events with these organizations to come!
Want to declare your commitment to civic participation? Want to help Harvard beat other colleges to bring Kollaboration (an exciting Asian American performance showcase) to campus? Please register for Youth Charge Now, a contest aimed at raising youth civic participation. It takes under a minute, just name, email, and address. Remember to put Harvard as your college!
Cheers,
Jenny Ye
Educational/Political Committee Co-chair
