Emily has started a community service competition across Vanderbilt athletics.  Her initiative is being run through the Helper Helper app on which Vanderbilt athletes can log their volunteer hours.  The most engaged athletes will be recognized at a spring awards ceremony!

EMily GAven

Vanderbilt

Elise planned and moderated an event featuring the CEO of RISE, Diahann Billings-Burford who is most known for her advancements in race relationships in collegiate sports.  The event was attended by over 75 Cal student athletes who were provided food and drink for their participation.

ELISE BYUN

CAL BEREKLEY

At Creighton, Sami has planned a series of civic engagement table talks that are underway!  Sami’s events focus on registering students to vote and helping them understand the importance of exercising your right to vote.

sami osmani

Creighton

In an effort to fight local youth food insecurity in Worcester, MA, Caleb is administering a several month long food drive at Holy Cross sporting events and on campus more broadly.  Caleb will drop off meals and bags of food weekly to local elementary schools.

caleb kenney

holy cross

Josue moderated and planned a student-athlete civic engagement panel at Stanford’s annual Democracy Day event.  As event goers enjoyed food and drink provided by The Team, keynote speaker Andrew Luck delivered words on his experience being an engaged athlete at the highest level.

Josue Gil-Silva

Stanford

Katey’s project, “athlete day on the hill,” gives athletes the opportunity to visit local lawmakers and advocate for a cause about which they are passionate.  Leading up to athlete day on the hill are a series of educational meetings which are underway to prepare the athletes for their conversations.

katey parham

vanderbilt

kaira brown

georgetown

Kaira recently launched a virtual speaker series in which she highlights athletes from all levels who are making a difference outside of their sport. Follow along with her project on Instagram: @athleteswithimpact

Inez Johnson

bates

At Bates, Inez worked hard to coordinate team walks to the polls which even included a walk with Bates president, Garry W. Jenkins.  Across campus, Inez helped run tabling efforts with hot coco and voter assistance.

miah reyes

salem state

Miah hosted the party of the year over at Salem State.  The ‘Party to the Polls’ served as an election day event offering food, drinks, & photo booth fun. Most importantly, Miah’s effort provided voter information and guided walks to the polls with Salem State’s president, John Keenan.

anna economon

houston

Anna led a parade to the polls at Houston in which she and fellow student athletes proudly went together to cast their ballots. Following the parade, over 200 Houston student athletes came together for the second annual Cougar Civic Celebration. The event touched on all things civics and provided attendees with refreshments.

taji johnson

boston college

Taji appeared on a panel at Boston College in partnership with the Player’s Coalition in an effort to equip student athletes with adequate voting resources, inform them on the inner workings of the MA legal system, and provide them with future ways to stay engaged.

Brooke handed out informational pamphlets on campus at Florida A&M.  The pamphlets included the importance of voting, where and how to get registered, and a nonpartisan summary of each candidate running.

Kansas Robinson & Ty berry

northwestern

Kansas and Ty hosted a civic engagement panel in Northwestern's athletic facilities.  Kansas moderated and Ty appeared on the panel with fellow student athletes.  Games and snacks were provided!

 In partnership with Lipscomb SAAC, Scott put on an event at which student athletes had the opportunity to pack snack bags, pantry bags, and thanksgiving bags for local schools.  Additionally, voter registration tables provided registration materials.