It has been quite the busy year for us in the Augsburg College Democrats! I was not heavily involved last year, but with the excitement of an impending midterm election (and a growing sense of social responsibility fostered in my education) I jumped in head first and joined up to serve as the Secretary and a member of the executive board.
To raise voter awareness and increase turn out on Election Day, we organized a flurry of activities in the weeks preceding the election, including tabling in the Christensen Center, movie and pizza nights, and a voter registration concert featuring three on-campus bands who volunteered their services to open up for the main act. To headline the show, we scored award-winning local band The Alarmists, who played an electrifying and crowd-pleasing show.
We also brought in the now-elected candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in our district, Keith Ellison, on campus as he was running his campaign to speak and answer student's questions in a lunch forum. On Election Day, we took scores of students over to the polls and celebrated our hard work and electoral successes as the results came in at the end of the day.
Our efforts have slowed down considerably following the election due to busy schedules, but we are working to remain a visible presence on campus and will continue to do so throughout the year. After all, a victory in politics is never a sure thing, and even when we have won, it doesn't stay that way for long unless we continue to work for what is right.
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