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Phone: (914) 633-2360
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We the People: The Road to Elections 2012

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We the People Citizenship Initiative brings together student focused programs to raise awareness surrounding local, national, and global issues exploring them in an atmosphere of collegiality with the intent of encouraging members of the Iona community to practice engaged and responsible citizenship. This past series was geared toward the 2012 election and engaging students on issues of citizenship beyond just casting a vote .

Sponsored by: The Department of Political Science and the Office of Student Development with the Student Government Association, Democracy Matters, Model United Nations, Edmund Rice Society, Tara Knights Society, IC Green, Offices of Off-Campus Housing, Campus Ministries, and Mission Integration.

Student Videos on Student Views:

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Interactive Forum: Student Opinions
9/11: Ten Years After at Iona
Election 2012
How Will Iona Vote?

Student Publications:

Iona student Amanda Kelly's article in USA Today College (posted July 5, 2012):
"Opinion: When it comes to voting, ignorance isn't bliss"

Read more about Amanda on her USA Today College Correspondent profile page »

 

 

Resources:

Past Events:

  • 2012 Presidential Election Day Viewing
  • Presidential Debate: Foreign policy
  • Town Hall Meeting: Candidate Stances on Issues
  • Vice Presidential Debate Viewing
  • Presidential Debate Viewing Party and Discussion: Domestic Policy
  • Observance of Constitution Day: Election 2012: Challenges to Participation: Speaker Wendy Weiser, Democracy Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School
  • Constitution Day- Voter Registration Drive & Election Trivia
  • Radical Imagination Coffee House: Creativity and Transformation with Poet in Residence Drew Dillinger
  • Involvement Fair
  • We the People: the Road to 2012" - Faculty Panel discussion on the Economy, Immigration, and Foreign Policy
  • "Your Voice, Your Vote" - Student-Led Panel Discussion
  • "Faith, Values, and the Public Square" - The Spring Rudin-Driscoll Lecture delivered by the Rev. Dr. Derrick Harkins
  • Spring Voter Registration Drive