2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

Kingsborough Community College Recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

Kingsborough Community College Recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

Kingsborough Community College Recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

Brooklyn, NY – Kingsborough Community College (KCC) is one of 471 colleges and universities that have been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. The colleges and universities were recognized by ALL IN for completing four core actions:

"At Kingsborough Community College, we're proud to have created an environment where civic engagement is woven into the fabric of campus life. We think that giving our students the tools they need to be engaged citizens is important, along with achieving academic success,” noted Interim President Suri Duitch. “Our students aren't just preparing for careers—they're preparing to be active voices in our democracy. This recognition from ALL IN validates our ongoing commitment to ensuring every student understands their vote counts."

“The research is clear: colleges and universities that make intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement have higher campus voter registration and voter turnout rates. This year we saw more colleges than ever before step up their efforts to ensure that their students were registered and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “These Most Engaged Campuses are setting the standard for nonpartisan civic engagement work for colleges and universities across the country.” 

Kingsborough has had a civic engagement graduation requirement since 2013, a notable move for a community college at the time. Outside the classroom, the College’s Student Union & Intercultural Center (SU&IC), launched in 2016, develops programming that complements academic programs, and fosters intercultural understanding, leadership and civic engagement.

SU&IC ran the nonpartisan KCC Votes campaign, which registered more than 200 new voters and coordinated voter education events with partners Ignite, GenVotes and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition.

In addition, they conducted six participatory budgeting workshops in which 175 students developed 58 proposals for NYC's $3.5 million "The People's Money" initiative, an annual citywide participatory budgeting initiative program run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission which allows community members propose projects to implement in their communities and then vote to decide how to spend part of the city's budget. To highlight immigrant voices, SU&IC partnered with United We Dream and launched a collaboration with ImmSchools to support K-12 immigrant students. They also unveiled a new Interfaith Room where they hold weekly dialogue sessions.

“It is crucial for students to understand that they have power and agency to advocate for the issues that matter to them. They don't need a prestigious degree or a specific background - their experiences and their skills can lend themselves effectively to making a change in public life,” said Helen-Margaret Nasser, SU&IC director. “I want students to know that if there are matters that concern them to not wait for someone to make a change. Our students can get involved, connect, learn, and lead.”

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items, with the support of ALL IN staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning and voter participation on their campus. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge currently engages 10.8 million students from more than 1,075 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Campuses can join the ALL IN Challenge here. 

ABOUT ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge: 

ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Through an intentionally-designed program that provides structure, support, and recognition, ALL IN works to improve civic learning, political engagement, and voter participation on more than 1,075 campuses nationwide. ALL IN believes higher education should play a role in developing an active and informed citizenry by educating students, motivating them to engage in American democracy, and instilling the value of lifelong participation. ALL IN is an initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Learn more here.

ABOUT Civic Nation:

Civic Nation is a nonprofit ecosystem for high-impact organizing and education initiatives working to build a more inclusive and equitable America. Civic Nation shifts culture, systems, and policy by bringing together individuals, grassroots organizers, industry leaders, and influencers to tackle some of our nation’s most pressing social challenges. Civic Nation is home to seven national initiatives and campaigns: ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Change Collective, It’s On Us, Save On Clean Energy, SAVE On Student Debt, We The Action, and When We All Vote. Learn more here.

ABOUT Kingsborough Community College:

Founded in 1963, Kingsborough Community College is Brooklyn’s only community college and is part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Located on a 70-acre campus in Manhattan Beach, Kingsborough remains firmly committed to its mission of providing both liberal arts and career education, promoting student learning and development, as well as strengthening and serving its diverse community.  Kingsborough provides a high-quality education through associate degree programs that prepare students for transfer to senior colleges or entry into the workforce. Serving approximately 11,000 full- and part-time students annually and an additional 20,000 students in its expanding continuing education program, Kingsborough has earned recognition as a Leader College of Distinction for excellence in student success by Achieving the Dream and has been identified as a Top Community College in the nation by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program eight consecutive times. Learn more here.

KCC CONTACT: Cheryl Todmann | cheryl.todmann@kbcc.cuny.edu | C: 646-897-2508 | T: 718-368-6760
ALL IN CONTACT: Press@civicnation.org 

 

 

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