2024 Boston & Massachusetts
Campus Voting Summit
Saturday, September 21, 2024
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Location: Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
This free nonpartisan event will bring together Massachusetts campuses to support nonpartisan voter engagement leading up to the November 2024 Presidential Election. All faculty, staff, and students connected to colleges and universities throughout the Massachusetts are encouraged to attend.
Summit Schedule
10:00 a.m. Registration Opens
Details forthcoming.
10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks by Danielle Allen & Presentation of Boston Votes (open to all MA campuses) Awards
Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy and director of the Democratic Knowledge Project and of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation. She is also a seasoned nonprofit leader, democracy advocate, national voice on AI and tech ethics, distinguished author, and mom.
A past chair of the Mellon Foundation and Pulitzer Prize Board, and former Dean of Humanities at the University of Chicago, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society. Her many books include the widely acclaimed Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown v Board of Education; Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality;Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.; Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus; and Justice by Means of Democracy. She writes a column on constitutional democracy for the Washington Post.
Outside the University, she is a co-chair for the Our Common Purpose Commission and Founder and President for Partners In Democracy, where she advocates for democracy reform to create greater voice and access in our democracy, and to drive progress towards a new social contract that serves and includes us all. Danielle’s Harvard faculty website is available here. Her personal website is available here.
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (provided by Harvard University)
Details forthcoming.
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Breakout Sessions
- From Data to Action: NSLVE at Tufts presented by Victoria Tse (she/her), Outreach and Data Analysis Specialist, National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE); Daniela Sanchez (she/her), Senior Program Coordinator; and Jen McAndrew (she/her) Senior Director of Communications & Planning at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University.
Location: Science Center Hall C - Thinking Beyond the Election: Building campus capacity to help students develop a sense of civic identity that would orient them not only toward voting but also toward working collaboratively as agents of social change in their communities and in the larger society presented by John D. Reiff, Ph.D., Director of Civic Learning and Engagement at Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Location: Science Center Room 309A
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Breakout Sessions
- Party to the Polls: Creative Ways to Engage Students presented by Gent Haviari, Former member of MASSPIRG Students Board of Directors, UMASS Dartmouth Student Trustee
Location: Science Center Hall C - Strategies for Engaging a Geographically Diverse Campus Community: Many Boston-area colleges have a diverse student population made up of students from across the US and abroad. Come learn and share strategies for engaging voters and non-voters alike presented by Northeastern Votes
Location: Science Center Room 309A
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Reflection Sessions
All attendees will be invited to participate in reflection sessions about their hopes for the 2024 elections, their experiences at the convening, and lessons learned related to their nonpartisn efforts.
The 2024 Boston & Massachusetts Campus Voting Summit is co-organized by: ALL IN, Harvard University, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Suffolk University, Tufts University & University of Massachusetts – Boston.