Spring 2024 TMA Regional Civic Engagement Summit

EVENT INFORMATION
The summit will occur on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00am-3:30pm. All activities related to the event will occur in the West Village Commons at Towson University. Directions and parking information will be provided upon registration.

REGISTRATION
Member and non-member campuses of Transform Mid-Atlantic located in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, West Virginia, and Northern Virginia are invited to register a team of either up to 5 or 10 students, faculty, administrators, and community partners per campus. Space is limited and will be capped at 150 total participants, so campus representatives are encouraged to register their teams as soon as possible. Team members should include:

• Students who work on student voting issues, have a history of being civically and community engaged on campus, and are interested in further developing their skills and network;
• Administrators and faculty who either already develop or are interested in developing campus civic action plans and staff of campus civic engagement offices;
• Community partners and representatives from civically oriented organizations.

The registration process involves TWO steps:

Step 1: A campus representative should complete this registration page, paying for their campus team. This form is only for payment, NOT for providing information about your campus' team members.

Step 2: The campus representative completing the registration will receive two emails: one is a receipt and the second is a confirmation email with a link to a form that they must use to provide information about their institution's individual team members, position/title, pronouns, contact information, and dietary restrictions / allergies. Once this information form is submitted, your campus' team is completely registered.

Campus team registration rates are as follows:

Regular Registration (on or after 3/1 until 3/15)
Members Team of 5: $350
Members Team of 10: $600
Non-members Team of 5: $600
Non-members Team of 10: $1000

**If you are an individual from a campus or community organization interested in attending the Summit, please contact Nicki Fiocco for more information at fiocco@transformmidatlantic.org.

Not sure if your campus is a member of TMA? You can check by clicking here!

STUDENT POSTER SESSION - PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
Students from throughout the region, including those recognized by ALL IN as 2023 Student Honor Roll recipients, will be invited to submit poster proposals during the summit to showcase and share their leadership, innovations, and strategies for catalyzing student voting and civic engagement within their campus communities. The deadline for poster session proposal submissions was March 1.

SUMMIT AGENDA
(subject to change)
After your campus has purchased a team ticket, each participant will be invited to register for a workshop of their choice during the morning and afternoon workshop/panel sessions. The tentative schedule of workshops is below. Please note that specific session topics and speakers may change.

9:00-9:30am: Welcome & Networking (with continental breakfast)

9:30-10:30am: 2023 Maryland, DC, and Delaware State ALL IN Challenge Award Recognition

10:30-10:45am: Coffee Break & Networking

10:45am-12:15pm: Morning Concurrent Sessions

Crafting a Successful Campus Democratic Engagement Action Plan: Panel and workshop to learn about best practices, successes, and challenges in developing civic action plans using ALL IN methods, as well as how plans can be used to advocate for civic and community engagement program funding and support (Facilitated by Catherine Fish, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge)

The ABCs: An Interactive Dialogue Workshop: In this session, participants will learn and apply the ABCs of Constructive Dialogue, a proven framework for navigating different viewpoints on issues to achieve mutual understanding. Participants will learn approaches for more constructive conversations on tough issues, and then have the opportunity to practice using the framework themselves to explore fellow students' views on democracy-related topics (Facilitated by Urban Rural Action)

Incorporating Media Literacy Strategies: A workshop to share a number of information literacy strategies. Participants will work in small groups to test various strategies and discuss the ways to implement these in classrooms/co-curricular spaces (Facilitated by Cathy Copeland, American Democracy Project, AASCU)

12:15-1:45pm: Lunch & Poster Session Highlighting Student Civic Engagement & Leadership

1:45-3:15pm: Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

Leading With Purpose: Join us for this opportunity to experience the New Politics Leadership Academy approach to leadership development. Expect an engaging mix of leadership development theory, myth, pop culture, reflection, and dialogue. (The session will be led by Dr. Max Klau, Chief Program Officer at New Politics Leadership Academy. Max is a Harvard-trained leadership expert who developed this approach working with AmeriCorps members during his decade working at City Year in Boston)

Strengthening the P-12 to Higher Education Student Civic Engagement Pipeline: This interactive session will focus on and highlight best practices and strategies related to collaborative P-12 and higher education partnerships that develop and strengthen student civic engagement and education. The session will provide critical reflections and conversations on how we – as higher education practitioners and leaders – can address what the Brookings Institute in 2020 described as a deep need for civic learning "to be part and parcel of the current movement across many schools in America to equip young people with 21st-century skills." (Session speakers include Dr. Nancy Shapiro and Lena Morreale Scott, as well as representatives from other institutions and coalitions)

Strategies to Advance Civic Engagement for All Panel: Data shows that some student groups are underserved or difficult to mobilize through civic action planning – including STEM majors and students from historically marginalized groups. These students often have lower voting rates. This panel discussion will discuss strategies and best practices to reach such student populations (Facilitated by ALL IN / campus representatives)

3:15-3:30pm: Closing Remarks & Reflections